Archive

  • Asset manager fees tumble for equities, FOHF and European private debt

    15 May 2017

    Illiquid investment fees have been generally resilient in light of high demand, finds Bfinance

  • Turning away from tradition: Generali targets €9trn insurance asset market

    12 May 2017

    Insurer will establish an insurance solutions team focussed on SME lending, private equity and private debt

  • Zurich turns around its hedge fund portfolio

    11 May 2017

    Asset class shows promise in otherwise disappointing quarter

  • Axa IMRA buys €1bn European logistics portfolio

    03 May 2017

    Undersupply of prime stock and high demand through e-commerce make logistics sector "highly compelling"

  • AMP Capital develops taste for passive management

    19 April 2017

    Affiliate's mandates for UBS Asset Management show not only pensions in Australia want low cost

  • Japanese insurers urged to engage directly as shareholders

    11 April 2017

    Firms have four weeks to comment on revised stewardship guidelines

  • German watchdog gets tough over 'closet-tracker' funds

    06 April 2017

    New prospectus rules designed to help insurers identify true active management

  • Baloise hires two property experts from independent asset managers

    06 April 2017

    Appointments to help Swiss insurer expand sales of investment products

  • Investment expenses jumped as yields fell for Lloyd's syndicates

    03 April 2017

    As Lloyd's syndicates begin to report their 2016 results, David Walker looks back at the 2015 figures and finds that investment expenses rose about 10% in 2015, but yields fell almost 40%.

  • Low interest rates top concern for insurance CIOs

    30 March 2017

    Ever increasing demand for less liquid strategies, says Axa IM