Stephanie Harris

• The sharpest-ever declines in global demand for real assets is looming

  19 March 2020

  Aviva Investors' Urwin warns of "unprecedented impact" but hints at opportunities in aftermath

• Barings hires head of US real estate equity portfolio management

  19 March 2020

  Joe Gorin joins from Goldman Sachs

• Royal London reports 22% increase in AuM for 2019

  18 March 2020

  Expects the coronavirus to be a "short-lived" shock with an eventual economic bounce back

• Fitch Ratings weighs in on COVID-19 impact on APAC and Europe

  18 March 2020

  Drops rating outlook for APAC Life insurance to negative and identifies Europe's reinsurers' risks

• Dai-ichi Life issues ¥1.1bn sustainability linked loan

  18 March 2020

  Interest on loan reduced or exempted if client beats target score

• Markel kills two birds with one stone in latest acquisition

  17 March 2020

  Acquires Lansing Building Products which is itself acquiring Harvey Building Products

• Allianz acquires €214m Munich office

  16 March 2020

  German insurer identifies Munich as key real estate market going forward

• Generali affiliate's third-party clients' AuM grew by 289%

  13 March 2020

  Mergers and acquisitions throughout 2019 helped push increase

• Achmea Investment Management increases AuM by 14%

  13 March 2020

  Contribution to group results decreases due to one-off cost of pension assets onboarding

• Aviva Investors acquires Parisian office block

  13 March 2020

  Paris and London are managers main targets for office assets