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Invesco launches European hotel fund amid insurer interest
17 July 2017Initial €200m seed portfolio targeting a gross income return of 6%-7%
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UK insurers can combat expiry of transitionals, say practitioners
14 July 2017Experts say risk margin and transitional measures expiry need not trigger risk asset sell-off, as predicted by the Bank of England
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'Bring it on': California commissioner bullish on fossil fuel divestment
14 July 2017Commissioner Dave Jones was threatened with legal action from 12 Republican attorney generals who oppose his fossil fuel investments disclosure initiative. The threats appear to have spurred Jones on, however. Callum Tanner reports
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China's life sector sits on risky ALM mismatches
14 July 2017Insurers face heightened liquidity risk, according to Fitch, stemming from sales of short-term savings products
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Sustainable investments should be encouraged under Solvency II, say experts
13 July 2017Obligatory disclosure of environmental, social and governance investment considerations mooted by the Commission's sustainable finance expert group
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M&G Real Estate makes three hires to Asia real estate team
12 July 2017Appointments will further consolidate M&G's position in Asia, firm says
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UK labour market data suggests policy rate will remain at 0.25%
12 July 2017Unemployment and wages data for March to May will leave the Bank of England puzzled, says RLAM economist
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SimCorp on the investment technology drive
12 July 2017As insurers push further into the asset management space, investment technology will become ever more critical to business performance. Klaus Holse, CEO of SimCorp, talks to Sarfraz Thind about how the firm is helping insurers grow their investment operations.
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LGIM completes three-year £39m loan to global real estate developer
11 July 2017Deal marks the shortest loan term provided by L&G's private credit business
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M&G launches two hard currency emerging market funds
11 July 2017Prudential's investment arm will target government-backed debt, equities and corporate debt