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Axa grows Italian retail portfolio again with €46m acquisition

Largest insurers use SFCRs to extend transparency of investments

Insurance Risk Data's analysis of the first SFCR submissions reveals information goes far beyond fundamental insights of quantitative reporting templates. David Walker reports

Standard Life acquires £400m UK asset manager

Standard Life's financial planning business 1825 has agreed to acquire Cumberland Place Financial Management with assets under advice of around £400m ($541m)

L&G allocates £350m to UK rolling stock in two deals

LGIM Real Assets has completed two rolling stock deals worth £350m ($474m), taking its total number of rolling stock investments to four

Eiopa reveals strictest regulators on Solvency II fund look-through

Only 10 regulators giving any dispensations on pillar 3 reporting

Tips for insurers and asset managers in 2018

In the second part of this 2018 investment outlook, stakeholders share their views on the negotiating rising rates, inflation and what asset managers should be doing to help insurers. Sarfraz Thind reports

Allianz GI buys remaining 20% of German wind park

Allianz Global Investors (AGI) has bought out the remaining 20% of German wind park portfolio PNE Wind Partners

Crédit Agricole in JV to buy 500MW of renewables projects

French insurer and French utility firm Engie will jointly purchase about 500MW of renewables projects in 2018

Folksam expands real estate portfolio and eyes further growth

A look back and forward

The current year was relatively benign for the insurance investment industry. But 2018 holds new challenges. What risks and what opportunities should investors be looking at in the coming year? Sarfraz Thind reports