News

• M&G launches two hard currency emerging market funds

  11 July 2017

  Prudential's investment arm will target government-backed debt, equities and corporate debt

  

• MetLife agrees $250m cash deal for US bond manager

  10 July 2017

  Purchase of Logan Circle Partners to bring the group's total assets under management to $560bn

  

• M&G acquires Luxembourg office for €71m

  10 July 2017

  Expects the region's GDP to be strongest in Europe over next five years

  

• UK life sector appetite for risk assets to drop by one-third

  07 July 2017

  Bank of England posits influence of Solvency II risk margin as the main driver

• UK regulator alerted by insurers' eagerness to hit MA 'sweet-spot'

  07 July 2017

  PRA to inspect internal rating capabilities as insurers queue up for MA-friendly, unrated illiquid assets

  

• Berkley expects $120m pre-tax gain on property sale

  07 July 2017

  US P&C re/insurer will complete the sale of Washington D.C. property in the third quarter

  

• Allianz buys iconic office project for €500m

  06 July 2017

  Real estate investment in Vienna on behalf of several Allianz companies

  

• PRA rejects market gripes over NNEG standards

  06 July 2017

  Regulator stands by its 'effective value' methodology to measure embedded value of no negative equity guarantees in restructured equity release mortgages

  

• German life underwriters favour funds for new investments

  06 July 2017

  Fund-based investments attracted 43% of fresh allocations made by the sector in 2016

  

• Swiss Re integrates ESG screening across entire investment process

  06 July 2017

  Group CIO Guido Fürer hails move as "most meaningful and strategic step" towards its responsible investment goals