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Investment returns exceed expectations as Beazley tilts to corporate debt
11 May 2017Lloyd's specialist insurer reduces sovereign exposure and increases weighted average duration
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Zurich turns around its hedge fund portfolio
11 May 2017Asset class shows promise in otherwise disappointing quarter
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Hannover Re praises private equity and property as saviours of investment income
10 May 2017German reinsurer only expects yields elsewhere to stop falling in 2018
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Swiss Life takes IFRS hit on equity hedges
10 May 2017Increased exposure to equity, did not realise gains to offset hedge impact
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IPO will bring life insurance and asset management closer together, says Axa chief
10 May 2017Axa to float US business, including stake in manager AB – under new leadership, following loss of large institutional mandate
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Mapfre subscribes to UN's Responsible Investment Principles
09 May 2017List of insurance signatories grows as pressure mounts on industry to invest responsibly
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Munich Re harvests gains to feed ZZR
09 May 2017"Unusually high" gain realisation results in "inflated RoI of 3.6%"
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'Regulatory framework is imperfect', says Chinese regulator
08 May 2017Circ vows to crackdown on system loopholes, including fund allocations
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Berkshire's 'huge appetite' for wind and solar assets
08 May 2017Tycoon Warren Buffett says no particular bias against solar, but expects to invest seven times more in wind by 2020
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Allianz refuses to expand coal exclusion policy to investment business
05 May 2017Insurer divested €225m from coal companies and shed €1bn in bonds in the coal sector
- 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
- Private credit: the feel-good factor?
- 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
- MassMutual backs renewables developer as part of £1.1bn financing
- Chart of the Week - The rise and rise of (small) insurers investing in private assets