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Build-to-rent: An opportunity for institutional investors to bridge the housing deficit?
08 August 2019Miria Whittle, manager at EY, looks at how insurers can enter the build-to-rent market, what are the risk they should consider, the returns they should expect and most importantly why it is in an asset class that won’t go unnoticed for long.
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Prudential planning
06 August 2019Ken Tanji assumed the role of CFO at Prudential in December. He gives a wide-ranging interview covering all aspects of the insurer’s business from the much derided Sifi designation, to investment risk and impact investing. Interview by Sarfraz Thind
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Brexit - worse than Greece but better than Trump, insurers say
30 July 2019The UK is inching closer to the possibility of a no-deal divorce from the EU as Brexiteer Boris Johnson became Prime Minister. How do Europe’s insurers view the possibility of ‘no deal’? David Walker investigates.
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IAR’s European conference: CIOs' outlook
23 July 2019At Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2019 conference, three CIOs of European insurers gave their outlook on the current environment. In the third of a three-part series, they discuss considerations in the late stage of the cycle. Compiled by Vincent Huck
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Singaporean life insurers exposed to risk of falling asset prices
19 July 2019Despite strong buffers over and above their minimum capital requirements, two of the four largest Singaporean insurers by assets breach minimum capital requirements in the International Monetary Fund's stress test. Vincent Huck reports
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IAR’s European conference: the CIO’s take on MA and capital models
16 July 2019At Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2019 conference, three chief investment officers (CIOs) of European insurance companies gave their outlook on the current environment. In the second of a three-part series, they discuss the matching adjustment rules and their take on capital modelling. Compiled by Vincent Huck
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IAR’s European conference: CIO, an evolving job
11 July 2019At the Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2019 conference three chief investment officers of European insurance companies gave their outlook on the current environment. In the first of a three-part series, they discuss the evolving nature of their jobs. Compiled by Vincent Huck
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Insurers are becoming specialists in private markets
09 July 2019In their search for yield, insurers have become so accustomed with private assets they are now able to generate their own deals and perform in-depth analysis in-house, according to panellists at Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2019 conference. Vincent Huck reports
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Regulators' role in preventing greenwashing
04 July 2019The French regulator's director for research and risk analysis Laurent Clerc explains the difficulty of acting on the climate change imperative and the challenges for the regulator to monitor 'greenwashing'. Interview by Vincent Huck
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Investment challenges arising from shifting insurance business models, part II
02 July 2019In the second part of a two-part article, European insurers discuss the growth of unit-link business, the impact of technology and the shift from defined benefits pensions to defined contributions. Compiled by David Walker
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