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Property price fall nearing CHF 1bn dents Swiss Life's 2023 results
14 March 2024Group needs German and French property markets to stabilise to hit "lower end" of 2024 fee result target
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Runway in sight for a 'Goldilocks' soft landing for US economy, insurers believe
13 March 2024US insurers and their asset managers are hopeful a recession has been avoided, and though "landmines" persist, even areas suffering negative headlines such as real estate should deliver opportunities
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KLP buys Oslo retail and office building for €222m
12 March 2024Sale represents one of the largest deals in the Norwegian property sector since 2020
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Looking for a home for natural capital in insurers' investment portfolios
12 March 2024Understanding new risks, a lack of asset managers able to service these types of investments at scale, and the question of where to include natural capital in the SAA are the hurdles insurers need to overcome, Danielle Brassel, director of responsible investment at Zurich Insurance Group, explains
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S&P Global voices concerns at some APAC insurers' property exposures
12 March 2024Exposures of some Chinese insurers raise questions, but Japan, Taiwan and South Korea cause less worry
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M&G Investments raises £350m for latest vintage of real estate debt funds
12 March 2024Raise includes £25m from unnamed large UK insurer
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Axa IM Alts secures £480m construction loan for City of London prime office scheme
11 March 2024Six-year facility from Cale Street will fund development of 36-storey building on Fenchurch Street
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Solvency UK reforms will not be a revolution, but a soft evolution, PIC's CIO Rob Groves says
06 March 2024In the second part of Insurance Asset Risk's interview with Rob Groves, the CIO of Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) talks about the planned reforms to Solvency II in the UK. Will the proposals free his hand to invest in a wider spectrum of assets? Maybe not so much, but there is scope to do things differently.
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MEAG completes large-scale Finnish forestry transaction
05 March 2024Munich Re's asset manager adds 33,000 hectares to forestry portfolio
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Generali Investments' Sosteneo takes stake in battery energy storage portfolio
04 March 2024Deal with Enel Italia is worth €1.1bn