Archive

  • Axa IMRA buys €1bn European logistics portfolio

    03 May 2017

    Undersupply of prime stock and high demand through e-commerce make logistics sector "highly compelling"

  • Allianz-led consortium acquires UK's largest water supplier

    02 May 2017

    Insurer attracted by industry's transparency and inflation-linked, predictable cashflows

  • French elections are "crucial" for future of Europe, says NN's CIO

    28 April 2017

    Political events emerge as number one concern for insurance investment chiefs in Goldman Sachs Asset Management's survey of insurance investors, having not been considered as a threat in 2015. Asa Gibson reports

  • Fairfax posts $18.4m Q1 investment losses

    28 April 2017

    Losses stemmed but equities continue to plague the group's investment returns

  • Low rates to slice $55bn off insurers' investment income this year, predicts Moody's

    27 April 2017

    Insurers in Germany, Norway and Taiwan most likely to take hit on profits

  • Scor divests from tobacco

    27 April 2017

    Cash holdings reduced, fixed income duration increased and rebalanced towards corporate bonds

  • Eiopa requests evidence on unlisted equity and debt charges

    27 April 2017

    Consultation paper launched after Commission seeks to bolster Capital Markets Union

  • Phoenix funds £45m Birmingham housing project

    26 April 2017

    Cashflows in excess of gilts will back annuity book, and sit in matching adjustment portfolio

  • Transition to alternatives helps cut UK annuity pricing

    26 April 2017

    Insurers no longer reliant on corporate bond spreads

  • Outsourced or in-house: Zurich's CIO on finding the right balance

    26 April 2017

    Urban Angehrn oversees Zurich Insurance Group's $190bn asset book. With no pure asset management business in the group, he talks to Asa Gibson about selecting managers, deciding when to manage in-house and the importance of responsible investment.