Adam Leach

• Trend towards illiquids here to stay, BlackRock report finds

  08 January 2019

  Two-thirds of surveyed insurers are to increase allocations in real assets, with just under three quarters planning to increase private credit

• Deal round-up: Folksam Group, Nippon Life

  07 January 2019

  Folksam increase share in Volvo, and Nippon Life invests in South Australian windfarm

• M&G Real Estate buys Helsinki office building for €116m

  07 January 2019

  Finnish capital moves up to 10th spot in connectivity ranking as investment in Nordic region reaches €720m

• Legal & General Capital backs renewables fund

  04 January 2019

  Insurer’s investment affiliate will provide a fifth of the capital in NTR Renewable Income Fund II

• Wells Fargo Asset Management sets up shop in Paris and Frankfurt

  03 January 2019

  It also expands Luxembourg licence to counter ‘prevailing uncertainty’ around Brexit

• Aviva Investors sells Leeds property for £32m

  03 January 2019

  1 City Square sold to APAM less than two months after listing

• Pimco buys muni bond specialist Gurtin

  03 January 2019

  Completion of deal takes Allianz's US asset managers' municipal bond assets under management to $38bn

• QBE Insurance moves assets to Brussels in post-Brexit plan

  02 January 2019

  Australian insurer moves more than $1bn of assets to Belgian subsidiary QBE Europe

• Generali takes 12% stake in Trieste development

  27 December 2018

  Italian insurer will be principal investor in Trieste Convention Centre

• Hyundai Marine & Fire invests $250m in US property fund

  27 December 2018

  Investment affiliate buys into commercial real estate fund with capital provided by other South Korean insurers