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  • Dark clouds gather over secondary market for MA assets

    09 January 2017

    The prospect of a secondary market for MA assets has taken a number of blows as comparisons are drawn to the synthetic CDO market. That may be enough for regulators to stop even a small, illiquid market developing. Callum Tanner reports

  • Israeli government said to oppose Chinese insurance acquisitions

    06 January 2017

    Lack of investment track record cited

  • How to win mandates and influence asset allocation

    04 January 2017

    As the largest institutional investors in Europe, insurers represent a major market for asset managers, but they also bring Solvency II-shaped baggage. In this Q&A, Erik Vynckier breaks down the building blocks to winning the custom of European insurers

  • China regulator to tighten equity investment rules

    23 December 2016

    CIRC move follows bans for some fast-trading insurers

  • New rules to prompt US asset reshuffle

    22 December 2016

    US insurance is on a collision course with one of its biggest risk capital changes in years. It is a significant change for the long-term asset allocation strategy of US insurers and could herald a reshuffle in the fixed income portfolio. Sarfraz Thind reports.

  • Adapting strategies to the new reality

    19 December 2016

    The arrival of Solvency II has already begun to reshape the relationship between insurers and asset managers, with optional add-ons becoming mandatory deliverables for insurance clientele. David Walker looks at the changing relationship between insurers and their investment partners.

  • EIB's "lack of ambition" limits infra opportunities

    19 December 2016

    Industry voices frustration at lack of infrastructure projects

  • L&G sends message to regulators on infrastructure

    16 December 2016

    Insurer piles on the pressure to lower Solvency II capital charges

  • PRA steps up intervention on repackaged MA assets

    16 December 2016

    Concerns that firms may overestimate MA benefit for equity release mortgage securitisations

  • Insurers back FSB's climate risk reporting recommendations

    14 December 2016

    Disclosure should be mandatory, says Aviva's chief executive