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Direct lending - the view from Europe
30 July 2025M&G's co-head of private credit origination gives an overview of its growth plans in Europe and where it's found its niche
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Please sir, we want some more... support to invest in UK productive assets
28 July 2025ABI and Investment Delivery Forum call for more support amidst update against £100bn ten-year investment goal - despite PRA saying they have all they need
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Private markets are not just for the largest insurers
23 July 2025Small to mid-size insurers have grown their investments in private markets since 2019, Conning finds
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Insurers to invest in footballers' legs?
21 July 2025The best opportunities for insurers in private markets right now, from ABF and CRE to Lacrosse.
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Purpose built student accommodation: Smart bet or long-term risk?
16 July 2025More and more UK insurers and their asset managers are investing in PBSA, but reports from the US suggest the market can be a distinctly mixed bag
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What does innovative investment look like in the next few years?
14 July 2025Increasing interest in structures making use of 'highly predictable cashflows' element of Solvency UK's MA, Aviva says at Insurance Asset Risk's EMEA 2025 conference
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SFCR 2025 - Northern exposure is not all about general account equities
09 July 2025Scandinavian and Nordic insurers find voice in SFCRs to sing praises for their alternative holdings. David Walker listened in
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APAC Weekly: US exceptionalism is dented, but what is next?
08 July 2025Asian insurers ponder the place of gold in insurance investment portfolios
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From major regulators to major ratings agencies, funded re causes concern
07 July 2025From the UK to Japan to the rest of Asia, funded re rings warning bells at regulators and ratings agencies, and leading large lifers and their asset managers are treading carefully
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SFCR 2025 - How private assets are 'having a moment' with Benelux CIOs
03 July 2025Solvency filings of Benelux insurers show a distinct liking among CIOs for directly-originated asset classes
- 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?