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UK with-profit funds record average returns of 6.22% in 2017
24 October 2018According to a survey of 52 funds across 20 insurers
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Generali acquires Polish asset manager
23 October 2018Union Investment TFI holds €3.3 bn of assets under management
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Schroders takes remaining £80bn of Scottish Widows mandate
23 October 2018As part of a wealth management strategic partnership agreement with Lloyds Banking Group
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Dutch insurer commits €100m to BlackRock euro property fund
18 October 2018a.s.r.’s first investment in unlisted real estate outside of the Netherlands
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US senators introduce Climate Risk Disclosure Act
17 October 2018Bill, sponsored by Elizabeth Warren, would introduce sector-specific disclosures including for the insurance sector
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Aviva gets real on illiquid assets
16 October 2018Five months into Aviva Investors’ strategy to merge its real assets teams under one leadership, Mark Versey and Iain Forrester discuss the new strategy and how it fits with the firm’s approach to servicing third-party insurers. By Vincent Huck
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UK government announces second sale of student loan book
12 October 2018First sale was completed in December 2017 and raised £1.7bn
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BlackRock to manage £30bn of Scottish Widows portfolio
12 October 2018Lloyds to announce plans for the remaining £80bn soon
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IAR Americas: What’s on US chief investment officers’ minds?
11 October 2018Five CIOs discuss the priorities for their life and non-life investment strategies during a panel discussion at Insurance Asset Risk Americas conference held in New York. Compiled by Vincent Huck
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NN Group announces tar sands investment policy
10 October 2018But environmentalists call for more in light of IPCC’s call for drastic actions
- Private credit market tops $3trn, estimates Alternative Credit Council
- Comment - Will Japanese couples stop giving birth to enough insurance CIOs?
- Comment: Insurers at the centre of pension de-risking's capital market shift
- Bringing structured private credit to European insurers
- Japan Post Insurance doubles investments in private property fund since July
- Resolution Life seals $1bn block reinsurance deal in Hong Kong
- Resist urge to politicise finance, Munich Re says in response to "Europe first" calls
- Japan insurance trade body responds to IAIS paper on funded re and alternative investing
- 'Rise of the East and decline of the West' heralds "new era" for China's insurance AM
- Chart of the Week - DAV considers the best pension system, as Germany's demographic pyramid develops a 'bulging midriff'
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Investment spread widens 8% at Japan's lifers, Fitch finds
11 June 2025Most recent annual figures show spread hit JPY 787bn by March
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IAR EMEA 2025: Insurers split on geopolitical challenge to impact investing
11 June 2025Insurers need to focus on improving relationships with external managers and improve collaboration with other pools of capital
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Fubon Life adjusts FX hedging as volatility strikes markets
11 June 2025Q1 results reveal 5.41% investment return, up from 4.62% a year earlier
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IAR EMEA 2025: Private credit RE lending getting more interesting, but market not fully repaired yet
10 June 2025Private assets investing requires "humility" to partner with expertise - RLAM says
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Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2025 round up: are markets optimistic or complacent?
10 June 2025