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  • Japanese insurers turn to foreign assets for yield

    26 August 2020

    Foreign securities now make up about 30% of total assets

  • Investments versus underwriting at Lloyd's

    26 August 2020

    Is the asset side of the balance sheet saving the day?

  • Focusing on governance would drive greater sustainable outcomes and greater returns

    26 August 2020

    While ESG has become part of the investment lingo, its three pillars - E, S and G - do not carry the same weight depending on whether one speaks to the investment professional, the marketing people or the HR department. Vincent Huck reports

  • Helvetia Venture Fund acquires stake in Swiss fintech company

    26 August 2020

    Follows another fintech investment by Swiss insurer in May

  • China Taiping seeks high-dividend stocks and longer duration

    26 August 2020

    Asset manager's operating profit jumps 15% in H1

  • New China Life investigates property for having "controllable risks" in H1

    26 August 2020

    Reveals corporate finance and infrastructure investments within non-standard portfolio

  • Neuberger Berman poaches Gilles Drukier to lead EMEA insurance solutions

    25 August 2020

    Joins from JP Morgan Asset Management to head insurance effort

  • Rating agency oligopoly harms investors, says GDV

    25 August 2020

    German insurers launch broadside against agencies for excessive price hikes and forced licence agreements

  • IAR Americas: COVID-19 highlighted the importance of a diversified portfolio

    25 August 2020

    Justin Schrader, chief financial examiner at Nebraska Insurance Department, to talk at IAR's annual USA event

  • The year USA investors woke to social investing

    24 August 2020

    The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the most vulnerable parts of society and highlighted social inequalities globally. In the USA, this combined with the death of George Floyd and the revitalisation of the Black Lives Matter movement, has prompted insurers to embrace 'social investing'. But is this a long-term trend or a one-off? Sarfraz Thind asks.