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Trump tax law decimates P&C demand for municipal bonds
11 April 2018Last year's US tax law is destroying insurer demand for municipal bonds, once considered the most attractive surplus cash investment for the country's property and casualty insurers. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Scottish Widows likely to split SLA assets among several managers
09 April 2018Scottish Widows is likely to allocate the £109bn ($153bn) it is pulling from Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) among "several asset managers," according to Bloomberg.
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Scor raises €1bn of third-party assets in 2017
09 April 2018Scor Investment Partners, the asset management arm of Scor, raised €1bn ($1.2bn) of assets from external institutional investors in 2017, the company said today.
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Anbang to get $10bn rescue injection from industry fund
04 April 2018Bailout to support troubled insurer
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What next for Scottish Widows' asset portfolio?
28 March 2018Scottish Widows' decision to dump asset manager Aberdeen marked a rare public announcement by an insurer to change third-party managers. Gavin Stewart, director of asset allocation at Scottish Widows, shares insights on its next asset manager selection process with Sarfraz Thind
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Achmea posts higher income on equity, real estate investments
22 March 2018Achmea increased the income from its investment portfolio by €100m ($123m) in 2017, driven by higher realised gains in its equity portfolio and positive revaluations in the real estate portfolio, the company said today.
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Axa IMRA acquires commercial development in Munich
21 March 2018Axa Investment Managers - Real Assets (AXA IMRA) has acquired a commercial development in Munich, Germany, from TREI, the real estate platform of the Tengelmann Group.
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Aberdeen Standard in €1bn private equity venture with 21 Partners
20 March 2018Aberdeen Standard Investments has partnered with European buyout firm 21 Partners to set up a €1bn ($1.2bn) private equity fund called 21 Aberdeen Standard Investments (21ASI) to be launched later this year.
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Blackstone hires former FIO chief to insurance solutions business
19 March 2018US investment management firm Blackstone has appointed Michael McRaith as managing director for its insurance solutions unit.
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PGIM Real Estate Finance and NYSTRS acquire 146-property portfolio for $1.1bn
19 March 2018PGIM Real Estate, the real estate business of Prudential Financial, and the New York State Teachers' Retirement System (NYSTRS) have provided $1.1bn for the acquisition of a 146-property industrial portfolio.