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PineBridge Investments appoints equities chief
18 February 2015Sen had been interim head
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Insurers still face barriers to investing in infrastructure debt
17 February 2015Standardised reporting, documentation and benchmarks, coupled with credit enhancements and more flexible regulation, would make this asset class more attractive, argues Patrick Liedtke
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Rate cut will hit Swiss domestic insurers
17 February 2015Investment returns under further pressure from SNB's SFr-Libor move, says Moody's
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Anbang confirms $1bn stake in Tong Yang
17 February 2015Chinese insurer takes control of S Korean company
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Illiquid asset funds to attract low charges under Solvency II
17 February 2015Plans for capital markets union include favourable treatment of European long-term investment funds
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S&P: reinsurers must "eat or get eaten"
17 February 2015Low investment returns add to squeeze on reinsurers
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Anbang negotiating control of South Korean life insurer
16 February 2015Stake in Tong Yang could allow access to other Korean assets
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Greek debt: "don't assume rationality will prevail"
16 February 2015Remember Lehman bankruptcy, says J P Morgan Asset Management
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Insurers juggle the attractions and drawbacks of illiquid assets
12 February 2015With quantitative easing reducing the chance of any rise in interest rates soon, insurers are even more interested in higher-yielding illiquid assets to bolster their paltry returns from fixed-income, but Solvency II capital charges remain a problem. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Solvency II reporting could boost fund managers' business
12 February 2015Providing more data to clients is key, says Silverfinch