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Insurers raise allocations to high-dividend equity strategies
16 February 2016Better liability matching, accounting and tax treatments motivate switch, say asset managers
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Japanese insurers hunt abroad as rates turn negative
16 February 2016Overseas assets, products and acquisitions are proving attractive to a Japanese industry struggling under the burden of low interest rates. B. Gravrand reports.
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Illiquid assets pull in yield-hungry insurers
10 February 2016As yields in conventional asset classes disappear, insurers are chasing illiquids, says J.P.Morgan. B. Gravrand reports.
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MetLife embraces utility-scale renewables
10 February 2016MetLife's Stuart Ashton explains why the insurer has included utility-scale renewables, but not residential solar rooftops, among its renewables investments.
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IFRS accounting rules to shape asset allocation
03 February 2016When it finally goes live, the IFRS 9 accounting rule is likely to have a notable impact on asset allocation. So what should participants be aware of? Sarfraz Thind reports
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European real estate in 2016: keep calm and carry on
26 January 2016Joe Valente looks at the state of the European real estate market for 2016 and finds it is attractive on a relative basis.
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Alternative credit: is the illiquidity premium sustainable?
22 January 2016Antti Suhonen and Declan Canavan examine the growing alternative credit buzz and the validity of the corresponding illiquidity premiums.
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Aegon targets expansion of asset management division
21 January 2016The investment management division of the Dutch insurer wants to meet the increasing demand for benchmark-agnostic active investment solutions. Benedicte Gravrand reports.
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Goodbye gilts as Solvency II shifts asset allocation
20 January 2016Prompted by Solvency II, some insurers have moved out of government bonds and into swaps and short-dated government or corporate bonds. But the swap-based approach is not without its challenges, as Sarfraz Thind reports
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European high-yield debt and alternatives top J.P. Morgan's investment ideas
14 January 2016Divergent markets are making it difficult for investors to pick an investment theme, but J.P. Morgan has identified some sectors with a brighter future for 2016. Benedicte Gravrand reports
- Comment: Insurers at the centre of pension de-risking's capital market shift
- Munich Re calls for "more pragmatic" regulatory approach to asset classification
- Insurance asset managers eye more risk taking in next 12 months
- Bringing structured private credit to European insurers
- Comment - Will Japanese couples stop giving birth to enough insurance CIOs?
- Swiss Life sells petrol station property in north of England
- Resolution Life seals $1bn block reinsurance deal in Hong Kong
- Japan Post Insurance doubles investments in private property fund since July
- Royal London completes largest BPA deal to date
- Chart of the Week - DAV considers the best pension system, as Germany's demographic pyramid develops a 'bulging midriff'