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Japanese lifers looking for a beacon in the equity markets storm
16 April 2025With trade wars sending markets haywire, and equities being the highest risk in insurers' investment portfolios, investment and risk teams are holding firm, in the hope of a window of blue sky
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Springing back to life - JGB yields help Japan's CIOs repatriate GAs
01 March 2023It's been an awfully long time coming, but yields on long-dated JGBs are becoming genuinely attractive to many Japanese CIOs - maybe for the first time in their careers, David Walker reports
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JGB yields rising a "probable game change" for Japan's lifers, Fitch says
08 February 2023Sector is already selling off US treasuries
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Falling yen bolsters Japan lifers' investment results
09 June 2022Fitch expects "robust investment income" in next nine months
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Japan lifers' investment spread to keep growing, Fitch says
07 October 2021Outsourcing to Europe and US providers part of the reason
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Asia - how to keep calm in a storm
13 January 2021Asian insurers were the first to suffer from COVID-19, including in their general account investments, but industry practitioners and analysts see a robust industry navigating seemingly endless low rates. David Walker reports