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Fee schedules in insurance IMAs - the hard sell
05 February 2024From the most straightforward to some pock-marked by caveats and preconditions, investment provisions in investment management agreements span the full spectrum of complexity
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Comment - the disaster haunting an Australian CIO's worst nightmare
05 February 2024Insurance Council of Australia describes the 'worst' flood natcat that could hit
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Comment - Who wins, who loses, from Generali's deal with Conning
02 February 2024The Italian giant is in the midst of buying the US giant - but celebrating the plans already
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China's insurance asset managers reveal their confidence in equities, fixed interest and macro variables
02 February 2024China Insurance AM Association has published Q1 2024 survey of sector
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Chart of the Week - As a €21bn deal is scuppered by BaFin, have PE owners run out of road for life book sales?
02 February 2024German regulator's refusal to Zurich and Viridium seems bad news for insurers owned by PE
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German backbook deals and run-offs - a €150bn asset industry since 2014
01 February 2024Moody's examined 14 deals, completed, pending and scuttled
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Meiji Yasuda Life makes locally-beneficial fund investment
01 February 2024JPY 5bn invested in equity investment trust established and run by affiliate Meiji Yasuda AM
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Comment - BaFin holds cards (close to its chest) in future of German life-book consolidation
01 February 2024PE part-ownership of Viridium seems to have informed regulator's rejection of Zurich deal
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Comment - Are PE owners facing the end of their life backbook consolidation journey?
31 January 2024After BaFin's move on Zurich and Viridium, the future seems uncertain if 'PE ownership' breaks deals
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Nearly 2,000 European insurers have GAs smaller than in Zurich/Viridium's scuppered deal
31 January 2024BaFin has stopped life backbook deal involving €21bn of assets