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Outsourced or in-house: Zurich's CIO on finding the right balance
26 April 2017Urban 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.
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Japanese insurers hunt en masse for foreign bonds
26 April 2017Local bond investments will be more selective, underwriters say
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Nuernberger's lower investment result a sign of the times for German life sector
26 April 2017Finding yields above 1.2% for acceptable risk is a "considerable challenge", insurer says
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Axa IM divests from coal reliant companies
25 April 2017Manager will shed €165m in fixed income and €12m in equities to avoid holding 'stranded assets'
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Chinese regulator demands improvement in investment risk management
24 April 2017Requires firms to establish better systems to control liquidity risk and fund management
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L&G adds £52m industrial estate to its UK property portfolio
24 April 2017Asset located in Greater London offers net initial yield of 6.15%
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Stress tests must include yield curve change and cross-sector correlations, say ESAs
21 April 2017Insurers exposure to banking sector and asset valuation risks stemming from yield curve change highlighted in report
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QBE issues green bonds to buy green bonds
21 April 2017Becomes first global insurer to launch green bond
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Mitsui Life plots dollar-to-euro shift as hedging costs mount
21 April 2017Japanese insurers caught between a rock and a hard place with near-zero and negative domestic bonds
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Volkswohl Bund stems fall in yields with renewables and foreign investments
21 April 2017German life firm accelerates level of stockpiling reserves for in-force policies