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CIO Interview: New interest rate regime requires creativeness, PIC's Rob Groves says
19 February 2024In the first part of this two part interview, PIC chief investment officer Rob Groves discusses the make up of the UK insurer's portfolio and how to balance creative and conservative investment strategies.
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777 Re demoted again as illiquid asset problem lingers
19 February 2024AM Best wants decrease to affiliated investments to boost 777 Re's capitalisation
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Hong Kong regulator warns of risks of life policy-backed lending
19 February 2024'Premium financing' was popular, and easier, when interest rates were low, IA notes
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Fitch says PE ownership not necessarily credit-negative for insurers
15 February 2024Ratings agency looks at insurers' investment strategy riskiness among other facets for credit assessments
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Insurers set to ratchet up risk and back private equities in 2024
14 February 2024Insurers are heaping a hearty portion of risk onto their 2024 investment plates, according to a survey from Ortec Finance, as 51% of insurer investment professionals surveyed believe the risk profile of the funds they help to manage has increased over the past 12 months, and 59% expect a further increase in the next 12 months - within which 14% predicting a "dramatic rise".
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Solvency UK reform should boost insurer lending to real-economy, Mike Eakins says
13 February 2024Changes to matching adjustment should achieve aim of increasing regional investment
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Market volatility is our friend, and 2024 set to be one of the most volatile years, Phoenix CIO Eakins says
12 February 2024Phoenix eyes more investment in UK social housing as a result of matching adjustment reforms, and Eakins says regulatory changes should allow insurer to focus more investment on productive assets
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AI is not an "early-stage" investment, M&G says: it's mainstream
07 February 2024M&G's Global AI Themes Fund, unveiled last month, has already started investing in companies such as Netflix and nVidia
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US West Coast insurers face up to $40bn in corporate bonds climate- related losses
07 February 2024Research commissioned by California's regulator has found
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German backbook deals and run-offs - a €150bn asset industry since 2014
01 February 2024Moody's examined 14 deals, completed, pending and scuttled