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  • Prudential's asset management operation profits from Asian affiliate

    09 March 2016

    M&G lost assets in 2015 whereas Eastspring achieved record net inflows

  • PGIM expands capacity in India with acquisition

    09 March 2016

    Affiliate DHFL Pramerica acquires Deutsche Asset Management (India)

  • Allianz Real Estate partners with VGP for €500m+ venture

    01 March 2016

    Focus will be logistics and semi-industrial real estate

  • Allianz asset managers increase performance but not profits

    22 February 2016

    Asset base shrinks as third-party outflows continue

  • Insurers raise allocations to high-dividend equity strategies

    16 February 2016

    Better liability matching, accounting and tax treatments motivate switch, say asset managers

  • Japanese insurers hunt abroad as rates turn negative

    16 February 2016

    Overseas assets, products and acquisitions are proving attractive to a Japanese industry struggling under the burden of low interest rates. B. Gravrand reports.

  • M&G expands long-lease investing to Europe

    15 February 2016

    Real estate fund launches with €265m from institutional investors

  • Governments urge Solvency II reforms to encourage long-term investing

    12 February 2016

    One-year time horizon and design of risk-free curve attacked

  • Illiquid assets pull in yield-hungry insurers

    10 February 2016

    As yields in conventional asset classes disappear, insurers are chasing illiquids, says J.P.Morgan. B. Gravrand reports.

  • MetLife embraces utility-scale renewables

    10 February 2016

    MetLife's Stuart Ashton explains why the insurer has included utility-scale renewables, but not residential solar rooftops, among its renewables investments.