News

• Private equity and property drive Hannover Re first half returns

  10 August 2017

  But CFO cautions against expecting private equity returns to be repeated

  

• Prudential combines M&G with UK and Europe business

  10 August 2017

  New business to manage £332bn in assets, with greater scale enabling group to move to a capital-light model under Solvency II

  

• Aegon ploughs into illiquid investments to optimise Dutch back-book

  10 August 2017

  Offloads about €1bn of corporate bonds to free up funds

  

• Danish insurers' investments attract regulator's attention

  09 August 2017

  Sector's exposure to mortgages rose as watchdog considered consultation

  

• L&G commands 30% of UK equity-release mortgage market

  09 August 2017

  Insurer ramps up investment to back annuity liabilities and expects market to reach £3bn in 2017

  

• Tech firm promises low-cost, flexible economic scenario generator

  08 August 2017

  Financial Canvas takes on established players with claims of faster recalibration

  

• Institutional outflows dampen Standard Life's half-year results

  08 August 2017

  Investors are cautious ahead of the insurer's merger with Aberdeen Asset Management

  

• Pimco seals turnaround with record inflows

  07 August 2017

  Single €19bn mandate for world's biggest fixed income manager helps Allianz post record third-party inflows

  

• Insurers shamed in ongoing criticism of coal industry investments

  04 August 2017

  Munich Re, Swiss Re, Allianz, Generali and Zurich's exposure to coal exposed

  

• Allianz Capital Partners takes €600m stake in Spanish Gas distributor

  04 August 2017

  Investment is part of a €1.5bn investment with Canadian pension fund for a 20% stake in Spain's largest gas distribution network