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  • Manulife IM secures $752m final close on private credit fund

    06 March 2024

    Vehicle set to invest in middle-market companies in the US

  • Solvency UK reforms will not be a revolution, but a soft evolution, PIC's CIO Rob Groves says

    06 March 2024

    In the second part of Insurance Asset Risk's interview with Rob Groves, the CIO of Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) talks about the planned reforms to Solvency II in the UK. Will the proposals free his hand to invest in a wider spectrum of assets? Maybe not so much, but there is scope to do things differently.

  • Falling CRE valuations a minimal risk to European insurers, Fitch says

    04 March 2024

    Low average exposure of 4% and good liquidity makes realised CRE losses unlikely in the near term

  • M&G launches two-year European bond fund to capture higher rates opportunity

    01 March 2024

    Bond strategy aims to lock in 4.5% gross annualised returns

  • Munich Re expects return on investment in 2024 to surpass 2.8%

    01 March 2024

    Amidst improved 2023 investment results and third year of group surpassing overall profit targets

  • Winners of the 2024 Insurance Asset Risk awards

    29 February 2024

    Insurance Asset Risk is pleased to announce the winners of its 2024 awards

  • Prudential With-Profits Fund shares £3.5bn with customers

    28 February 2024

    Due to performance of fund over last decade

  • Comment: Why working from home matters for insurers' solvency capital requirement

    28 February 2024

    The 'future of work' is tied, via Solvency II rules, to the future of European insurers' capital requirements

  • LGIM axes sale of Manchester skyscraper to preserve alternatives exposure

    27 February 2024

    Affiliate had announced sale of North Tower at the end of last year

  • Life sciences real estate flourishing but in need of careful tending

    26 February 2024

    Pandemic-induced awareness of biotech R&D combined with long-term demographic trends have put life sciences real estate in the spotlight, but investment here is both delicate