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  • "The Answer Is Simple: Take Smart Risk"

    16 January 2019

    Lisa Longino, head of insurance asset management at MetLife Investment Management, argues that while it is prudent to keep a close eye on the horizon, uncertainty and volatility create opportunities for investors willing to take smart risks.

  • Asian equities & ESG outlooks 2019

    16 January 2019

    Hilde Jenssen, product manager for fundamental equities at Nordea Asset Management provides a 2019 outlook for equities in the Asian region as well as latest trends in environmental, social and governance factors (ESG). The outlook is based on views from Nordea Asset Management emerging markets portfolio management team.

  • German insurance trade body warns of Brexit threat to bond yields

    16 January 2019

    Brexit no surprise, but 'hard to digest' for financial markets

  • Aberdeen Standard Investments buys into Singapore Life

    16 January 2019

    Martin Gilbert calls underwriter a "next generation" life insurer

  • Geopolitical tensions top short-term risks list - WEF report

    16 January 2019

    Worsening international relations are hindering action across a growing array of serious challenges

  • World needs to plug $18trn gap in infrastructure investment

    16 January 2019

    World Economic Forum warns that ageing power plants and bridges will need replacement amid growing threat of climate change

  • Insurers condemn Brexit deal defeat

    16 January 2019

    Dismay and warnings from insurance sector after UK Brexit deal is crushed

  • Zimbabwean life insurers overexposed to equities

    15 January 2019

    Local regulator warns against the attractiveness of equities versus insurers’ obligations to pay claims

  • Barings launches high yield bond funds in Asia

    15 January 2019

    Massachusetts Mutual Life’s investment arm argues high yield bonds are a ‘proven asset class’

  • Insurers to slug it out with fire victims in Californian bankruptcy

    15 January 2019

    One in 10 US insurers hold bonds of PG&E, sunk by Camp wildfire liabilities