Private markets

  • M&G appoints head of infra debt and private placements

    12 May 2026

    Paul Haegy joins from Goldman Sachs

  • Internal model push by Allianz Benelux to aid portfolio diversification

    12 May 2026

    SFCR calls transition from standard formula "a significant undertaking"

  • NA lifers resilient in face of hypothetical private credit market stress, S&P Global Ratings says

    28 April 2026

    Agency's stress test finds only "extreme scenario" likely to impact significant proportion of firms' capital scores

  • AllianzGI announces $270m close of APAC infra credit fund

    27 April 2026

    Fund targets opportunities predominantly across South and Southeast Asia

  • S&P warns SII reforms could spur more private credit investments

    23 April 2026

    Agency to monitor rising exposure to private credit, despite low relative allocation levels currently

  • Varma partners with Finnish Startup Community

    20 April 2026

    To bring Varma's experience as an investor and pension insurer closer to Finnish growth companies

  • L&G acquires majority stake in French cloud services firm

    17 April 2026

    Represents first continental European investment for L&G's digital infrastructure fund

  • Chart of the Week: Solvency II's securitisations reforms - it's nice to have options?

    10 April 2026

    Moody's analysis of capital charges finds relatively small impact, despite a big drop in some investment classes

  • Comment: Are private credit fund redemptions 'transferring money from the impatient to the patient'?

    08 April 2026

    How some insurers might be getting into private markets 'on the cheap'

  • Insurance Risk Data: Private market and self-originated investing by Europe's insurers

    27 March 2026

    Analysts at Insurance Risk Data share key insights from their latest research on private market and self-originated investing among European insurers

  • L&G and Manulife form asset management partnership

    25 March 2026

    Designed to leverage Manulife's capabilities in North America

  • Insurers still hungry for private assets, Goldman Sachs Survey finds

    25 March 2026

    Goldman Sachs' 15th annual global insurance survey finds an industry that is increasingly targeting private credit, private equity, and infrastructure

  • European insurers to increase illiquid and private markets assets, Moody's predicts

    20 March 2026

    Ratings agency also says fixed income quality gains have likely peaked

  • Chart of the Week: institutional investors eye private markets over next half-decade

    20 March 2026

    Survey from Nuveen finds most expect to add at least one new type of private/alternative credit to portfolio by 2028

  • Liberty Mutual-backed Ara acquires energy assets in deals worth $875m

    13 March 2026

    Firms announced partnership earlier in the year