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Chart of the Week - The rise and rise of (small) insurers investing in private assets
28 November 2025Analysis by Insurance Risk Data shows it is not just Europe's life juggernauts sourcing private assets....
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COTW: Some US lifers have concentration risk in CLO collateral managers
21 November 2025Moody's has cautioned, despite collateral managers overall being mostly diversified
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Fiscal dominance risk has rarely been higher, Swiss Re warns
21 November 2025But private credit not a source of systemic risk, group chief economist says
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Insurers shift $2.7trn to alternatives, with private credit dominating
14 November 2025Analysis of 400 insurers finds some now allocate as much as 40-50% to alternatives
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Launch of MA investment accelerator to support insurers being more "dynamic", Aberdeen Investments says
10 November 2025Though concerns remain that exposure cap may limit usability of MAIA for smaller insurers
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Chart of the Week: PE-owned lifers, private assets, and the BIS
07 November 2025The Bank for International Settlements has taken aim at numerous topics swirling around life insurers, all linked by 'illiquidity'
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BoE rate hold unsurprising, sets stage for December cut
06 November 2025Investors now turn attention to December MPC meeting
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Equities standout in Q1-Q3 returns for Varma
03 November 2025Insurer notes turnaround in equities since spring and highlights 21.3% return on Finnish equities
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Entries open for Insurance Asset Risk Awards 2026 - UK and Europe
03 November 2025Awards aim to recognise those working across the insurance investment value chain
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Insurers to continue shifting allocations to private markets, SLC Management research finds
31 October 2025Private infra equity comes top in survey, with growth in it and private RE equity to be spearheaded by non-US insurers
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Chart of the Week - Has PE house Onex picked the 'right insurer to own', in Convex?
31 October 2025Insurance Risk Data analysis answers the question for 113 PE/AM-owned European insurers
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"We've learned the lessons of 2008" M&G tells Parliamentary private markets committee
29 October 2025Asset management CEO Joseph Pinto tells committee financial sector more cautious now compared with the GFC, amidst private markets concern
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Munich Re's €1.2bn venture capital arm to wind down in 2026
29 October 2025Munich Re Ventures, which has made nearly 100 investments since its creation, will be consolidated into MEAG
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Investors turning attention to stablecoin, research finds
29 October 2025Survey by Brava Finance finds 52% of respondents are developing a stablecoin strategy
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Comment - Is private credit about to become rolling news?
22 October 2025Over 500 European CIOs have stakes in whatever comes next in directly-originated assets, research finds
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Insurers still ravenous for private markets as inflation tops macro risks, BlackRock survey finds
21 October 2025Almost nine out of 10 insurers are currently evolving their asset management structures
- M&G JV with Asian pension fund to invest £1bn in UK housing
- Insurance sector the "natural home" of productive assets, L&G says
- Barings acquires Sydney office building for AU $360m
- BoE zeroes in on private market risks to insurers and UK financial system
- Meiji Yasuda expands backing of regional revitalisation startup
- Chart of the Week - The rise and rise of (small) insurers investing in private assets
- Insurance Development Forum reaches first close on Infrastructure Resilience Development Fund
- Aviva Investors finances £175m loan for acquisition of central London property
- Private credit: are headline news and underlying performance one and the same?
- Private credit: the feel-good factor?