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Austrian regulator on top of illiquidity and currency risks
12 March 2020The FMA has been monitoring both risks and is not phased by the IMF recommendations
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Folksam divests from gaming companies
12 March 2020Gaming is the third sector excluded from Swedish insurer's investment universe
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Swiss Re's economic outlook catches Covid-19
11 March 2020Reinsurer predicts a global recession in 2020
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Taiwan introduces credit risk cap on investment-linked policies
11 March 2020These policies now account for 30% of first-year premium in Taiwan's life insurance industry
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Insurers' affiliates outperforming independent managers on ESG
10 March 2020Half of the world's largest asset managers are neglecting the ecological and social harms of their investments, according to a research by ShareAction. However, insurers' affiliates seem to be ahead of the curve. Vincent Huck reports
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PIC reports £40.9bn invested in 2019
09 March 2020Including £1.9bn into 25 direct debt investments
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Zurich's 2019 investment performance boosted by allocation to illiquids
06 March 2020Swiss insurer's impact investments increased by $0.9bn in 2019
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Ping An's overseas affiliate joins Climate Bonds partners programme
06 March 2020As parent company reports RMB 903.2bn in social investments and RMB 51.3bn in green investments
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Austrian insurers face illiquidity and currency risk
06 March 2020IMF warns local regulator to monitor allocation in property and non-euro assets
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Shareholders urge QBE to stop playing with fire
05 March 2020Resolution asking for business to be aligned with a 1.5°C scenario will be voted on at next AGM
- Private credit market tops $3trn, estimates Alternative Credit Council
- Comment - Will Japanese couples stop giving birth to enough insurance CIOs?
- Bringing structured private credit to European insurers
- Comment: Insurers at the centre of pension de-risking's capital market shift
- Japan Post Insurance doubles investments in private property fund since July
- Resist urge to politicise finance, Munich Re says in response to "Europe first" calls
- IAR EMEA 2025: "Trump has thrown sand into gearbox of economy," Phoenix Group CIO says
- Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2025 round up: are markets optimistic or complacent?
- Resolution Life seals $1bn block reinsurance deal in Hong Kong
- Japan insurance trade body responds to IAIS paper on funded re and alternative investing
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Hong Kong takes "first step in thousand miles journey" with first long-dated govvie issuance
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M&G Investments appoints global head of client group
11 June 2025Neil Godfrey joins from Barings from 16 June
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MEAG acquires logistics property from Aurelis Real Estate
11 June 2025Potsdam property leased long-term to General Logistics Systems Germany
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How best to hedge - Schroders' wise council on FX risk and APAC insurers
11 June 2025After sharp intakes of breath by some Taiwan lifers as their dollar jolted 8% against the greenback over two days last month, Insurance Asset Risk asked Pedro Moura, head of Asia client solutions at Schroders, for advice on APAC insurers hedging FX risk.
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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