Archive

  • CNP Assurances boosts systems for managing its assets

    17 April 2015

    New platform based on SimCorp Dimension

  • Cat bond fund launched by Schroders

    17 April 2015

    Can invest up to 25% in private placements

  • Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance to invest more overseas

    15 April 2015

    Will put 40bn yen into foreign assets this year

  • Quantitative easing hits Vienna Insurance investments

    14 April 2015

    Low interest rates could cut millions off its 2015 income

  • Friends Life CIO values his investment banking skills

    13 April 2015

    At Friends Life Robert Groves has brought an innovative approach to the role of CIO from his previous career in banking. Right now his biggest challenges are ensuring Friends Life's assets are eligible for the matching adjustment and sourcing higher-yielding investments, as Sarfraz Thind explains

  • Insurers see the gold in green

    09 April 2015

    Green bonds are looking increasingly attractive to insurance companies which want to meet their risk and return objectives while producing a positive environmental or social impact. But there are concerns about the definition and capacity of the market, as Mark Nicholls explains

  • Finnish insurer chooses Conning's ESG

    08 April 2015

    LocalTapiola signs up for Gems

  • US insurers expect little change in interest rates this year

    02 April 2015

    AM Best survey also highlights interest in less liquid assets

  • Ace and BlackRock launch ABR Re

    02 April 2015

    BlackRock will manage ABR Re's investments

  • O'Hanley to run State Street Global Advisers

    01 April 2015

    Former Fidelity man replaces Powers