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Q&A: the love affair between US insurers and structured products
24 October 2019Michelle Russell-Dowe, head of securitised credit at Schroders, discusses the benefits of structured products for insurers’ investments and warns of growing risk in the market. Interview by Sarfraz Thind
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Manulife IM launches secondary markets investment business
22 October 2019Appoints Hammer and Sanabria to lead new private asset-focused division
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L&G invests £750m into new housing development
21 October 2019Covers 3500 UK homes across 41 development schemes
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Metlife invests $125m in New York office complex
18 October 2019Property in Long Island hosts medical companies
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Asian insurers doubled foreign asset holdings in five years
17 October 2019This could create new risk transmission channels, IMF warned
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Allianz takes majority stake in €1bn Beijing office complex
17 October 2019Deal completed through joint venture with Alpha Investment Partners
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Progressive sees 35% jump in investment income
16 October 2019Includes a $540m unrealised gain in first nine months of year
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Zurich buys €27m office building
15 October 2019Frankfurt property bought via UBS asset management
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MetLife’s sustainability man
15 October 2019MetLife made Tim Ring its first head of sustainability late last year. There is no doubt he has a task on his hands, particularly when shareholders begin to divest because of ESG-related concerns. He tells Sarfraz Thind about creating a path to better ESG.
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Hard Brexit main worry for Allianz GI CEO
09 October 2019“Irrational” moves by Brexit negotiators mean strong possibility of hard Brexit, says Utermann