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'You never asked!' – asset managers respond to look-through data criticism
25 July 2017Practitioners in the asset management sector have hit back against the notion that they failed to deliver on asset reporting data
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Insurers blame asset managers for insufficient look-through
21 July 2017European insurers pass the buck onto asset managers for lack of reporting data, but Eiopa pursues a hard line with underwriters facing difficulty getting hands on investment data. David Walker reports
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'How do I report my Deutschmark bonds?': Eiopa publishes Pillar III queries
20 July 2017Investments prove to be the single most challenging aspect of Pillar III reporting
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Risk margin hampers insurers investing for social good, says ABI
17 July 2017Association argues Solvency II measure deters life underwriters from long-term investments
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Pimco seals definitive deal with Unicredit for Italy's largest bad loan transaction
17 July 2017Affiliate of Allianz will run special purpose vehicle, along with hedge fund Fortress
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UK insurers can combat expiry of transitionals, say practitioners
14 July 2017Experts say risk margin and transitional measures expiry need not trigger risk asset sell-off, as predicted by the Bank of England
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UK life sector appetite for risk assets to drop by one-third
07 July 2017Bank of England posits influence of Solvency II risk margin as the main driver
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German life underwriters favour funds for new investments
06 July 2017Fund-based investments attracted 43% of fresh allocations made by the sector in 2016
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Prudential affiliate joins Allianz in emerging markets infrastructure foray
30 June 2017Eastspring Investments commits $500m to World Bank programme
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Why Aegon, Allianz, Aviva and NN are well prepared for rising rates
30 June 2017Many loans and mortgages offer resilience to interest rate volatility, and with talk of rising rates becoming more frequent – whether through optimism or anticipation – IAR unmasks the largest life insurers' allocations to the lesser-used asset classes. David Walker Reports
