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• Everest Re partners with Hudson Structured on investment opportunities

  20 March 2018

  Bermuda-based reinsurer Everest Re and investment adviser Hudson Structured Capital Management (HSCM) have agreed a strategic partnership which will see the pair working together on investment opportunities.

• Insurers invest in UBS private infrastructure debt fund

  19 March 2018

  Insurers are among the investors interested in the second infrastructure debt fund launched by UBS Asset Management's Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) business.

• Groupama halves equity holdings in six years

  16 March 2018

  French insurer Groupama has continued to divest from equities as part of the company's de-risking strategy for the past few years, it said in its results announcement today.

• Just Group's ERM investments fall 9% as market soars

  15 March 2018

  Just Group invested less in equity release mortgages (ERMs) in 2017, despite strong growth in the UK market.

• Axa IMRA makes first UK infrastructure equity investment

  14 March 2018

  Axa Investment Managers - Real Assets (Axa IMRA) has agreed to acquire 15% of Agility Trains West from John Laing, operator and developer of infrastructure projects, for approximately £230m ($321m).

• PIC invests £60m in City of London's philanthropy

  13 March 2018

  UK bulk annuity provider, Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), has agreed a £60m ($83.4m), 50-year debt investment in the Mercers' Company, a livery company in the City of London.

• L&G boosts urban regeneration and clean energy with new hire

  12 March 2018

  Legal & General Capital (LGC), the principal investment arm of UK insurer Legal & General, has hired John Cummins as its managing director of urban regeneration and clean energy.

• Allianz grows real estate portfolio to record €56bn

  09 March 2018

  Allianz Real Estate, the property arm of the German insurer, saw a 12% growth in assets to €56bn ($68.9bn) in 2017, up from €50bn in the previous year.

• L&G to double investment in English cities regeneration to £200m

  07 March 2018

  The English Cities Fund, a partnership between UK insurer Legal & General (L&G), Homes England and real estate developer Muse Developments, has agreed to double its investments in cities and towns in England to £200m ($278m).

• German real estate fund liquidity remains high

  02 March 2018

  The average liquidity ratio of 18 German open-ended retail real estate funds fell slightly to 21% in 2017 from 22.2% in 2016, a figured considered to be too high by Scope Analysis.