Archive

  • Swiss Life still hungry for yield of property investments

    27 February 2018

    The benefits of property investments more than compensated for the high costs of servicing them in 2017, says Swiss Life, which raised exposure in its general account from 16.4% to 18%.

  • JP Morgan's insurance AuM surpasses $100bn

    26 February 2018

    JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has revealed its global insurance solutions business now manages more than $100bn in assets.

  • Life insurers could find an ally in alternative asset managers

    23 February 2018

    An increasing number of life insurance companies in the US are using alternative investment managers for their investment strategies, a situation Fitch Ratings describes as a potential "win-win" for both parties.

  • Allianz could boost equity exposure using volatility-mitigating measures

    16 February 2018

    Allianz has said its use of measures to mitigate against equity market volatility gives it comfort to commit 9% of investments to the class, and it could expand its holdings.

  • SimCorp adds Solvency II risk function to investment software

    09 February 2018

    Product helps insurers model solvency requirement for allocations

  • ASR collaborates with bank on €600m sustainable lending mandate

    05 February 2018

    Dutch insurer ASR and Triodos Bank are to jointly lend €600m ($748m) to environmentally and socially aware businesses.

  • Asset managers serving DB pensions have skills for life firms

    02 February 2018

    Frankfurter-Leben Gruppe among German insurers buying up pension investment assets

  • US insurers not into short-term relationships with asset managers, research finds

    31 January 2018

    Insurance managers win seven net new clients on average a year

  • Blackstone poaches New York Life Investments chief and sets $100bn insurance AuM target

    09 January 2018

    US private equity and alternative asset manager Blackstone has set a target to quadruple the amount of assets it manages on behalf of insurance clients

  • WTW's asset management trading platform quadruples AuM

    08 January 2018

    Willis Towers Watson's AMX reaches $3.2bn less than a year after launch