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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
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Mitsui Life plots dollar-to-euro shift as hedging costs mount
21 April 2017Japanese insurers caught between a rock and a hard place with near-zero and negative domestic bonds
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Volkswohl Bund stems fall in yields with renewables and foreign investments
21 April 2017German life firm accelerates level of stockpiling reserves for in-force policies
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Indonesia set to curb foreign insurers' investments in local industry
21 April 2017Allianz, Aviva and Fairfax among investors that must keep shareholdings below 80%
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Axa IMRA acquires Amsterdam hotel in joint venture
20 April 2017Hotel will be the largest in Benelux by number of rooms
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Bund yields vulnerable as QE draws to a close
19 April 2017The end of the ECB's €2trn QE programme will lead to a rebalancing of the European fixed income market, with the repricing of German debt likely to be significant
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AMP Capital develops taste for passive management
19 April 2017Affiliate's mandates for UBS Asset Management show not only pensions in Australia want low cost
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Japanese insurers target loan market
19 April 2017Industry turns to financing projects as domestic bond yields remain near-zero
- Japan Post Insurance strikes funded re deal with Talcott Life Re and Aflac Re Bermuda
- Comment: Japanese insurers join the space-race
- Lifers' trade body desired different risk-allowance floor in annuity capital framework revision
- Generali Asset Management appoints new CEO and general manager
- Highly predictable cashflow assets - still waiting for the goldrush?
- Chart of the Week: Sovereigns and equities biggest risk for European insurers' solvency ratios
- Conning sticks to cautious asset approach as geopolitical shocks test markets
- Japan Post Insurance plans further $1bn EM outsourcing, and stake-building with Ashmore
- Apollo-backed Challenger pragmatic as MA fails to appear in annuities rules re-write
- APAC Weekly: Insurers' healthy outlook at a new dawn for regulations in Japan