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  • RLAM unmoved by positive UK inflation news

    14 February 2024

    Affiliate's senior economist, Melanie Baker, still not expecting BoE rate cuts until second half of 2024

  • MS&AD and Tokio Marine herald higher interest income

    14 February 2024

    Japanese juggernauts reported December-quarter results today

  • MS&AD units buy world's first transition sovereign bond

    14 February 2024

    Two Japanese insurers are committing JPY 2bn

  • AIG investment income jumps up to 38%, thanks to fixed income and loans

    14 February 2024

    Group reveals holdings from Blackstone to Brookfield

  • India's re/insurance giants improve investment yields, but want less financial risk

    14 February 2024

    GIC Re's investment income topped $1bn while LIC's yields improved

  • Insurers set to ratchet up risk and back private equities in 2024

    14 February 2024

    Insurers are heaping a hearty portion of risk onto their 2024 investment plates, according to a survey from Ortec Finance, as 51% of insurer investment professionals surveyed believe the risk profile of the funds they help to manage has increased over the past 12 months, and 59% expect a further increase in the next 12 months - within which 14% predicting a "dramatic rise".

  • Solvency UK reform should boost insurer lending to real-economy, Mike Eakins says

    13 February 2024

    Changes to matching adjustment should achieve aim of increasing regional investment

  • Insurance asset managers bet on alternatives amid stock volatility

    13 February 2024

    Survey from Carne Group finds 86% of insurance asset managers expect increased risk appetite

  • Axa IM flies the flag for fixed income as economy shifts

    13 February 2024

    Arnaud Lebreton heralds moment of opportunity for insurers

  • Hansainvest Real Assets reshuffles senior roles as Nicholas Brinckmann departs

    13 February 2024

    Martina Averbeck and Christoph Lüken winning new roles