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  • Meiji Yasuda Life reveals private assets and outsourcing plans

    29 January 2024

    Japanese group has over $4bn earmarked for private assets

  • Are insurers' outsourcing agreements contracts 'made in heaven'?

    29 January 2024

    Investment management agreements lock in some tasty fees for managers signing on the dotted line, but insurance CIOs increasingly expect a wide scope of 'extras' to boot

  • Comment - Evergrande fails to live up to its name, but will China's insurers survive its death-knell?

    29 January 2024

    Hong Kong court today told Chinese property developer seeking a stay of its liquidation, 'enough is enough'

  • Solvency II UK reforms might make illiquid assets more attractive, but don't expect the Wild West

    26 January 2024

    David Otudeko, head of prudential regulation at the ABI, reminds Fitch audience that any changes would be met by tougher regulation.

  • Now may be time to add duration on gilts, RLAM says

    26 January 2024

    Affiliate says three-year bonds now have same yield to maturity as 10-year bonds

  • Royal London Asset Management's Insurance investment outlook 2024

    Against the backdrop of geopolitical tension and ongoing market uncertainty, Royal London Asset Management fund managers assess the risks and opportunities that their respective asset classes could offer insurance investors.

  • 2024 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions

    See the big picture with J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions (LTCMAs) which incorporates more than 200 major asset and strategy classes.

  • Chart of the Week - Sumitomo Life's yen for outsourcing, and plans for more of it, in the future

    26 January 2024

    The Japanese lifer has fresh independent asset managers in its sights

  • Rothesay completes £1.4bn buy-in with Rexam pension plan

    26 January 2024

    Pensions insurer working on "unprecedented pipeline" of BPA deals in 2024

  • Swiss Life Asset Managers acquires Swedish RE business

    26 January 2024

    Wilfast Förvaltning AB to become part of Swiss Life Asset Managers Nordic