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  • Strategic stake sell-downs "positive" for credit profile of Japan's major non-lifers

    30 July 2024

    S&P Global Ratings expects the proceeds to be major profit driver for sellers this year

  • Blackstone starts earning IM fees from Resolution group's Bermuda entities

    30 July 2024

    Bermudian re/insurers are revealing details of fees for outsourcing partners

  • APAC Weekly - What Japan's insurers are about to learn, from Robert the Bruce and a spider

    30 July 2024

    In Japan both lifers and general insurers are facing monumental changes from unwinds of strategic investments underway

  • Tokio Marine AM highlights market "increasingly expecting" more BoJ rate hikes

    29 July 2024

    Donald Trump has wielded a big rhetorical stick, on weaker yen

  • Double act part 2: Do insurers need to start reassessing their liabilities versus assets position as rates stay higher for longer?

    29 July 2024

    AllianceBernstein's new CIO for insurance, Geoff Cornell, and his deputy, Gary Zhu, discuss risk in the second half of the year, the potential for unexpected shocks and how the asset manager is utilising AI to help navigate choppy investment waters.

  • Japan Post Insurance plans "restructure" of assets as country leaves zero-inflation

    29 July 2024

    Shares, infrastructure and property on lifer's wish-list

  • China Life Investment backs infrastructure REIT listings, and national economy, in July

    26 July 2024

    Insurance AM Association of China reveals nearly 200 infrastructure investment plans launched this year

  • Convex group's investment income soars as 93% fixed income focus pays off

    26 July 2024

    Bermudian insurer made "modest" additions to credit and equity positions last year, its FCR said

  • Chart of the Week - Re/insurers ponder 'what if' about looming US elections

    26 July 2024

    Tokio Marine AM has set out four scenarios for November and the possible effects on key policy and economic variables

  • Europe's insurers near peak GA exposure to borrowers in Washington DC

    25 July 2024

    Direct holdings of US central government debt in 2023 were rarely higher since 2017