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Asian insurers step up European real estate investments
06 May 2015The safe haven status of Europe and deregulation at home are major spurs; London is a favoured target. Joe Valente explains
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Allianz boosts real estate investments in US
06 May 2015Will buy up to $800m of apartments with two partners
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Fubon Life makes offer for Tussauds
06 May 2015Building up for sale since February
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Allianz increases assets under management
06 May 2015Rise helped by market and currency effects in Q1
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Scor Global Investments produces good Q1 returns
06 May 2015Fixed-income portfolio duration edging up
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Money continues to flow out of Pimco fund
05 May 2015No longer world's biggest mutual bond fund
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Swiss Re boosted by investment income
30 April 2015Achieved in "an environment of financial repression", says CFO
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Bernanke joins Pimco
30 April 2015Former Fed chairman becomes senior adviser
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The challenge of hedging under the volatility adjustment
29 April 2015The multiple factors used to calculate the Solvency II risk-free rate when using the volatility adjustment (VA) render it almost impossible to hedge perfectly while maintaining capital efficiency, but that in turn creates an opportunity for value-added asset-liability management, says Paul Fulcher
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Private equity seen as giving insurers best returns
27 April 2015The latest GSAM survey casts light on the asset classes insurers favour over the next 12 months, where they see the best returns, differences between CIOs and CFOs and the impact of regulation on investment decisions