Archive

  • Manulife gains approval to manage Chinese assets

    15 March 2017

    Becomes the first foreign institution to be granted investment license

  • India paves way for insurers to buy into hard asset investment trusts

    15 March 2017

    However, the liberalisation comes with strict limits on allocation size

  • Foresters Asset Management hires CIO

    14 March 2017

    Chief executive and former CIO Greg Ross will focus on building affiliated mutual fund

  • PIC invests £93m in Welsh housing

    13 March 2017

    Deal structured around credit strength of the housing associations

  • Axa IMRA completes German retail park purchase

    13 March 2017

    Diversified tenant mix and long-term leases make property attractive

  • LGIM chief joins FRC board

    13 March 2017

    Mark Zinkula joins independent regulator, replacing former Allianz GI director

  • Insurers and regulators join to discuss data concerns

    13 March 2017

    First Solvency II annual returns, risk modelling and IFRS 17 to be examined

  • Premiums 4 Good: QBE's unique approach to responsible investment

    10 March 2017

    Insurance Asset Risk this month will feature a number of analysis and thought leaderships on responsible investment. In this article, Tom Herbstein and Andrew Voysey from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership discuss QBE's initiative that allows its customers to have up to 25% of their premiums invested responsibly.

  • Dutch insurers ditch German bunds for French notes

    10 March 2017

    Regulator points to ECB's bond-buying programme following €5.5bn sell-off

  • Eiopa pressed to reduce charge on real estate assets

    10 March 2017

    Standard formula charge of 25% "unnecessarily punitive", 15% more appropriate, says MSCI