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Eiopa requests evidence on unlisted equity and debt charges
27 April 2017Consultation paper launched after Commission seeks to bolster Capital Markets Union
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Phoenix funds £45m Birmingham housing project
26 April 2017Cashflows in excess of gilts will back annuity book, and sit in matching adjustment portfolio
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Transition to alternatives helps cut UK annuity pricing
26 April 2017Insurers no longer reliant on corporate bond spreads
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Japanese insurers hunt en masse for foreign bonds
26 April 2017Local bond investments will be more selective, underwriters say
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Nuernberger's lower investment result a sign of the times for German life sector
26 April 2017Finding yields above 1.2% for acceptable risk is a "considerable challenge", insurer says
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Axa IM divests from coal reliant companies
25 April 2017Manager will shed €165m in fixed income and €12m in equities to avoid holding 'stranded assets'
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Chinese regulator demands improvement in investment risk management
24 April 2017Requires firms to establish better systems to control liquidity risk and fund management
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L&G adds £52m industrial estate to its UK property portfolio
24 April 2017Asset located in Greater London offers net initial yield of 6.15%
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Stress tests must include yield curve change and cross-sector correlations, say ESAs
21 April 2017Insurers exposure to banking sector and asset valuation risks stemming from yield curve change highlighted in report
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QBE issues green bonds to buy green bonds
21 April 2017Becomes first global insurer to launch green bond
- 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