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Making fixed income investments work harder
08 October 2014Insurers need to consider introducing alternative, actively managed forms of fixed income to improve portfolio returns, argues Euan MacLaren
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Insurers plan bigger allocations to real estate and infrastructure
06 October 2014These are the two leading asset classes favoured by insurers as a BlackRock survey shows one in three firms plans to increase their risk appetite over the next three years
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Completion mandates are AllianceBernstein's forte
26 September 2014The approach enables insurers to access asset classes where they don't have the resources to research and manage them in-house, the firm's insurance CIO Erik Vynckier explains to Hardeep Dhillon
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BlackRock and DeAWM continue to dominate insurance outsourcing
18 September 2014Goldman, JPMorgan also notched up big gains in the new Insurance Investment Outsourcing Report rankings
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Credit the improvement in Aegon UK's investments
03 September 2014Aegon UK looks to improve the credit strength of its assets.
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Asset managers increase insurance AuM
10 July 2014Specialist expertise key in attracting clients
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US insurers favour alternatives in outsourcing asset management
26 June 2014US insurers reduce use of third-party managers for core fixed income, increase for alternative investments
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Specialist investment services in demand from insurers
12 June 2014Russell Büsst, Conning's CIO Europe, discusses US muni bonds and trade finance
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China opens up opportunities for insurance asset management
30 April 2014China Life's outsourcing of a $3.2bn investment mandate and a loosening of strict regulations has kickstarted interest in managing China's insurance assets. Hardeep Dhillon reports