News

• M&G acquires £105m Manchester office

  18 July 2017

  Prudential's direct lending business secures 101 Embankment at a net initial yield in excess of 5.3%

  

• Risk margin hampers insurers investing for social good, says ABI

  17 July 2017

  Association argues Solvency II measure deters life underwriters from long-term investments

  

• Pimco seals definitive deal with Unicredit for Italy's largest bad loan transaction

  17 July 2017

  Affiliate of Allianz will run special purpose vehicle, along with hedge fund Fortress

  

• Invesco launches European hotel fund amid insurer interest

  17 July 2017

  Initial €200m seed portfolio targeting a gross income return of 6%-7%

  

• UK insurers can combat expiry of transitionals, say practitioners

  14 July 2017

  Experts say risk margin and transitional measures expiry need not trigger risk asset sell-off, as predicted by the Bank of England

  

• China's life sector sits on risky ALM mismatches

  14 July 2017

  Insurers face heightened liquidity risk, according to Fitch, stemming from sales of short-term savings products

  

• Sustainable investments should be encouraged under Solvency II, say experts

  13 July 2017

  Obligatory disclosure of environmental, social and governance investment considerations mooted by the Commission's sustainable finance expert group

  

• M&G Real Estate makes three hires to Asia real estate team

  12 July 2017

  Appointments will further consolidate M&G's position in Asia, firm says

  

• UK labour market data suggests policy rate will remain at 0.25%

  12 July 2017

  Unemployment and wages data for March to May will leave the Bank of England puzzled, says RLAM economist

  

• LGIM completes three-year £39m loan to global real estate developer

  11 July 2017

  Deal marks the shortest loan term provided by L&G's private credit business