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  • South Korean insurers' earnings take a 38% hit in Q1

    29 June 2020

    Fitch warns of further headaches for South Korean and Thai industries

  • Great Eastern invests in Malaysian digital service provider

    26 June 2020

    The $70m outlay will help Axiata seize on opportunities presented by COVID-19

  • Singapore sets expectations of insurance investors tackling climate change

    26 June 2020

    Regulator's consultation follows similar exercise by Eiopa

  • IAR survey: Back to the future of interest rates

    22 June 2020

    For years insurers have been battling low interest rates. First they got used to the idea of 'low', then they got their minds around the concept of 'lower for longer', and more recently some have been saying that we are now in a 'low forever' scenario. Vincent Huck reports the findings of Insurance Asset Risk's survey.

  • Manulife Indonesia joins logistics assets venture fund

    18 June 2020

    The three companies have committed $93m with aim of increasing to $200m

  • China - the giant no longer asleep

    17 June 2020

    Ben Deng, chief investment officer of China Pacific Insurance Group, the third largest life and P&C insurer in China, tells David Walker how the Chinese market is coping with COVID-19 disruptions, and how China will come out of it stronger.

  • Over $900bn investment opportunity in EM infrastructure, says Swiss Re

    17 June 2020

    Private funding needed to bridge gap that governments cannot supply

  • Three in ten insurance groups received negative outlook from Fitch

    17 June 2020

    COVID-19 impact on equity and sovereign bond holdings drove adverse forecast

  • Barings appoints head of Asia Pacific real estate

    17 June 2020

    John Ratcliffe will initially focus on Australia and Japan before expanding to other countries

  • Recruiting investment talent in an era of climate change

    12 June 2020

    Jobseekers have 'tackling global warming' on their wish-lists