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MetLife originated $14.3bn in commercial real estate loans in 2015
27 January 2016An 18% increase from 2014
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California insurance chief urges insurers to divest from coal
26 January 2016Asset class risks rapid decline in value
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European real estate in 2016: keep calm and carry on
26 January 2016Joe Valente looks at the state of the European real estate market for 2016 and finds it is attractive on a relative basis.
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Delta Lloyd invests in sustainable shipping loan
26 January 2016Dutch insurer will finance the building of an LNG carrier
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Munich Re buys solar farm near Oxford
25 January 2016Reinsurer diversifying its portfolio with sustainable investments
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Banks and asset managers set to take a quarter of UK life insurer profits
25 January 2016Deloitte report urges insurers to respond to market dislocation and disruption
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Prudential Financial and LeapFrog launch Africa insurance fund
25 January 2016Fund will invest in life insurance companies in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria
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Alternative credit: is the illiquidity premium sustainable?
22 January 2016Antti Suhonen and Declan Canavan examine the growing alternative credit buzz and the validity of the corresponding illiquidity premiums.
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Goodbye gilts as Solvency II shifts asset allocation
20 January 2016Prompted by Solvency II, some insurers have moved out of government bonds and into swaps and short-dated government or corporate bonds. But the swap-based approach is not without its challenges, as Sarfraz Thind reports
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Allianz buys shopping centre in Slovakia
19 January 2016Further diversification for real estate portfolio.