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  • The cost of equity in insurers’ SCRs

    23 September 2019

    What is the correlation between equity holdings in investment portfolios and the weight of market risk in insurers’ solvency capital requirements? Daisy Blake, Insurance Risk Data quantitative research analyst, looks for answers in European non-life insurers’ filings.

  • Aberdeen Standard Investments launches hedge fund trackers

    23 September 2019

    Asset manager partners with Hedge Fund Research

  • IAR Americas: US insurers double as interested as Europeans in TAA

    20 September 2019

    52% of US audience say tactical asset allocation is important versus 27% of EMEA audience

  • Allianz Capital Partners CEO to retire

    20 September 2019

    Juergen Gerke will step down when his contract expires at the end of the year

  • Axa IM refocuses UK equity fund to target smaller companies

    20 September 2019

    Fund rebranded as Axa Framlington UK Equity Income fund

  • Ex-Schroders Japan head joins Aberdeen Standard Investments

    20 September 2019

    Ken Yajima replaces Neil Slater who moves to global role

  • Direct Line appoints former Royal London director as CFO

    20 September 2019

    Tim Harris takes on the role and will also join the board

  • Investment performance still a top 5 concern for insurers globally

    19 September 2019

    Survey finds industry most pessimistic on record, Lloyd’s admits low rates ‘irk’ it

  • Groupama and French bank take stakes in CAA’s renewables affiliate

    19 September 2019

    Development is second time Crédit Agricole Assurances partners with French bank for investing

  • Varma and LGIM team up for ESG index fund

    19 September 2019

    Finnish pension insurer has seeded the fund with €200m