Sarfraz Thind

• Scor raises €1bn of third-party assets in 2017

  09 April 2018

  Scor Investment Partners, the asset management arm of Scor, raised €1bn ($1.2bn) of assets from external institutional investors in 2017, the company said today.

• Anbang to get $10bn rescue injection from industry fund

  04 April 2018

  Bailout to support troubled insurer

• What next for Scottish Widows' asset portfolio?

  28 March 2018

  Scottish 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

  

• Achmea posts higher income on equity, real estate investments

  22 March 2018

  Achmea 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.

• Axa IMRA acquires commercial development in Munich

  21 March 2018

  Axa Investment Managers - Real Assets (AXA IMRA) has acquired a commercial development in Munich, Germany, from TREI, the real estate platform of the Tengelmann Group.

• Aberdeen Standard in €1bn private equity venture with 21 Partners

  20 March 2018

  Aberdeen 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.

• Blackstone hires former FIO chief to insurance solutions business

  19 March 2018

  US investment management firm Blackstone has appointed Michael McRaith as managing director for its insurance solutions unit.

• PGIM Real Estate Finance and NYSTRS acquire 146-property portfolio for $1.1bn

  19 March 2018

  PGIM 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.

• Phoenix ready to step into bulk purchase annuity market

  15 March 2018

  Phoenix Group, a UK consolidator of closed life insurance business, is in exclusive talks for its first bulk purchase annuity transaction.

• Prudential spins off M&G Prudential

  14 March 2018

  Prudential is to separate its UK and European and global businesses, resulting in two separately-listed companies "with different investment characteristics and opportunities."