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40% of insurers grew Solvency II investment risk in 2017
11 January 2019According to research by Insurance Risk Data
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Indian insurers’ real assets exposure up 15.7%
10 January 2019Regulator data shows three-quarters of total commitments to asset class come from life sector
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Global Atlantic appoints deputy CIO
09 January 2019Anup Agarwal joins insurer from Western Asset Management
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Korea Post Insurance commits $50m to US venture capital fund
09 January 2019Chicago-based Adams Street Partners will manage the VC
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French insurers cut allocation to financials’ debt
08 January 2019Regulator reveals French insurers invested €2.5trn in the first half of 2018
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Axa IMRA spends ¥100bn on Japanese logistics assets
08 January 2019Firm forms joint-venture with ESR and acquires five assets in Greater Tokyo and one in Greater Osaka
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Trend towards illiquids here to stay, BlackRock report finds
08 January 2019Two-thirds of surveyed insurers are to increase allocations in real assets, with just under three quarters planning to increase private credit
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Munich Re creates CIO role
07 January 2019On the back of the retirement of both its CFO and its asset manager’s CEO
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Deal round-up: Folksam Group, Nippon Life
07 January 2019Folksam increase share in Volvo, and Nippon Life invests in South Australian windfarm
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UK firms transfer £800bn in assets to Europe ahead of Brexit
07 January 2019According to EY in the UK, since the EU referendum, 20 companies, including six insurers, have announced a transfer of assets out of London to Europe
- Insurance sector the "natural home" of productive assets, L&G says
- Private credit: the feel-good factor?
- 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
- Aviva Investors finances £175m loan for acquisition of central London property
- M&G JV with Asian pension fund to invest £1bn in UK housing
- MassMutual backs renewables developer as part of £1.1bn financing
- Investors positive on gilts after UK budget - but sense missed opportunity