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Coronavirus impact: no need to panic yet
25 February 2020Asset managers expect economic activity to broadly recover after some short-term volatility. Sarfraz Thind reports.
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Bond lending boosted by low yield environment
24 February 2020While bond lending may not provide huge amounts of returns, in the current low yield environment that little extra could come in handy for insurers. David Turner reports
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Finding the rewards in low interest rates
19 February 2020Foresters Friendly Society's chief investment officer Corrado Pistarino explains why he believes it's a fallacy to think low interest rates constitute "unrewarded risk". Interview by Vincent Huck
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Ten key "straws in the wind" from the EC's 2020 Solvency II review
17 February 2020Deloitte's Andrew Bulley, Henry Jupe and Linda Hedqvist highlight the key areas to watch for in this year's Solvency II review, based on Eiopa's proposals.
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Emerging markets outlook infected by a virus
13 February 2020Easing in geopolitical tensions combined with encouraging economic factors suggest a good year ahead for emerging markets, but will insurers take the bait considering economic disruptions from the latest coronavirus outbreak? Stephanie Harris and Vincent Huck report
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Insurance Asset Risk Awards 2020: winners announced
10 February 2020Insurance Asset Risk is pleased to announce the winners of its 2020 Awards
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Building real estate portfolios to match insurers' needs
06 February 2020Insurers remain less exposed to real estate than other institutional investors, in particular pension funds, according to a recent survey. Vincent Huck reports
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China Taiping Insurance looks to new life for Singapore unit
04 February 2020A prudent increase in risk-taking and more US dollar investments are on the cards as China Taiping Insurance Singapore continues its transformation from a general underwriter to a composite, David Walker reports
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Solvency II 2020 review: are green capital charges inimical to profitability?
30 January 2020Finding ways to channel institutional investors' capital towards climate change-mitigating projects has become a priority. The European Commission has launched a review of its insurance regulation with a conference in Brussels. There, the question of green supporting capital charges was unavoidable. Vincent Huck reports
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Curious and curiouser - the strange and painful case of negative yields
23 January 2020Manulife IM investigates what was once only an alternate reality, of negative-yielding debt, for fixed income investors and gives some suggestions as to how investors can solve the problem. Sarfraz Thind reports
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- 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
- Insurance Development Forum reaches first close on Infrastructure Resilience Development Fund
- Chart of the Week - The rise and rise of (small) insurers investing in private assets
- Aviva Investors finances £175m loan for acquisition of central London property
- Private credit: the feel-good factor?
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