News

• Scor divests from tobacco

  27 April 2017

  Cash holdings reduced, fixed income duration increased and rebalanced towards corporate bonds

  

• Eiopa requests evidence on unlisted equity and debt charges

  27 April 2017

  Consultation paper launched after Commission seeks to bolster Capital Markets Union

  

• Phoenix funds £45m Birmingham housing project

  26 April 2017

  Cashflows in excess of gilts will back annuity book, and sit in matching adjustment portfolio

  

• Transition to alternatives helps cut UK annuity pricing

  26 April 2017

  Insurers no longer reliant on corporate bond spreads

  

• Japanese insurers hunt en masse for foreign bonds

  26 April 2017

  Local bond investments will be more selective, underwriters say

  

• Nuernberger's lower investment result a sign of the times for German life sector

  26 April 2017

  Finding yields above 1.2% for acceptable risk is a "considerable challenge", insurer says

  

• Axa IM divests from coal reliant companies

  25 April 2017

  Manager will shed €165m in fixed income and €12m in equities to avoid holding 'stranded assets'

  

• Chinese regulator demands improvement in investment risk management

  24 April 2017

  Requires firms to establish better systems to control liquidity risk and fund management

  

• L&G adds £52m industrial estate to its UK property portfolio

  24 April 2017

  Asset located in Greater London offers net initial yield of 6.15%

  

• Stress tests must include yield curve change and cross-sector correlations, say ESAs

  21 April 2017

  Insurers exposure to banking sector and asset valuation risks stemming from yield curve change highlighted in report