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  • AG Insurance optimistic on corporate bonds as rate cuts near

    18 April 2024

    Insurer says current economic scenario calls for portfolio diversification

  • Fitch Ratings predicts UK bulk annuity transaction volumes will pass £60bn in 2024

    18 April 2024

    After reaching highest ever levels of almost £50bn in 2023

  • Liberty Mutual completes thermal coal divestment policy

    17 April 2024

    And reveal investments in "disruptive innovation"

  • RLAM warns BoE rates cut not guaranteed, after April CPI figures higher than expected

    17 April 2024

    Manager still assuming first cut will come in the second half of 2024

  • Insurers' investments face risks in case of Israel-Iran conflict escalation, S&P says

    17 April 2024

    Agency believes foreign insurers' direct exposure to Israel via insurance and reinsurance to be "relatively immaterial"

  • LGIM unveils energy transition commodities ETF

    17 April 2024

    Fund to focus on transition metals

  • Japan's CIOs have alternatives managers in their sights

    17 April 2024

    The Bank of Japan may have stolen the limelight last month, but insurance CIOs made headlines as well, with eye-catching allocations to non-mainstream assets and emerging managers

  • CFOs favour stable allocations as concerns over growth persist

    16 April 2024

    Insurers say holdings of illiquid assets unlikely to change in Moody's survey

  • 95% of UK insurer and pension fund investors expect to add weight to renewables investments over next five years

    16 April 2024

    44% expected to increase allocations by up to 20%, according to a survey from AlphaReal

  • Non-PE backed insurers feel pressure to compete with PE-backed firms

    15 April 2024

    Building up liquidity and securing more yield key focus for insurers, Insight Investment's O'Brien says