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Chinese life insurers step up alternative investments
04 December 2015Range was between 5% and 17% of assets at mid-year
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Outsourced or in-house: the great asset management debate
26 November 2015In part 2 of this InsuranceERM/bfinance roundtable, participants discuss their approaches to managing assets in-house and using external asset managers
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Allianz to stop investing in coal-linked companies
24 November 2015Will double exposure to wind energy
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Eiopa seeks evidence on infrastructure corporates
19 November 2015Treatment under SII to be examined
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Resolving insurers' current equity dilemma
11 November 2015The search for yield among insurers would suggest some shift to riskier assets such as equities, were it not for impending Solvency II capital charges inhibiting this. But there's still time to take advantage of the equity grandfathering provision, explains Elodie Laugel
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Life insurers streamline risk assessments on asset holdings
26 October 2015Fewer firms reporting separate stresses for spread and default risk, says Towers Watson
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Insurers take on more investment risk as quantitative easing bites
26 October 2015Industry falls out of love with infra debt and ramps up cash holdings
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Generali licenses Conning software for investment team
19 October 2015Italian insurer will use GEMS ESG for strategic asset allocation
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Hardie cautiously re-risks Direct Line's portfolio
08 October 2015Direct Line's investment boss Jim Hardie has been steering the UK general insurer's investment portfolio into more dynamic areas. But he is at pains to stress his conservative approach. By Sarfraz Thind
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LGIM urges companies to focus on low-carbon opportunities
08 October 2015Don't just look at the risks, the firm says