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US insurers warned CLOs may expose them to significant losses
20 June 2019Moody’s warns lower-quality CLO investments could impact regulatory capital ratios
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Rothesay Life in $403m US home lease loan
13 June 2019Transaction done via US subsidiary, Rothesay Asset Management
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US yield curve inversion - run for the hills?
10 June 2019Like a bad tarot card, an inverted US yield curve normally means economic doom. March’s inversion has now morphed into the most inverted yield curve since 2007. It is likely to have insurers gazing into their charts to see how to tackle their investments. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Negative rates needed to stave off crisis, warns SCOR Investment Partners CIO
07 June 2019Fed chairs decision not to increase rates should be taken with a healthy dose of skepticism
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Prudential extols virtues of private debt
06 June 2019CIO Schmidt says company positioning itself against market downturn
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US insurers build up leveraged loan holdings
31 May 2019AIG, MetLife with “outsized concentrations”
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Guggenheim warns of great truffle hunt for yield
21 May 2019Corporate bond ratings like residential mortgages of 2008, says Walsh
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Sun Life sees $52m hit from PG&E exposure
10 May 2019Losses from renewable energy investments linked to bankrupt utility
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CECL: US insurers getting to grips with accounting standard overhaul
09 May 2019Like IFRS 9, the US's current expected credit losses (CECL) accounting standard was devised to tackle expected credit losses in financial institution portfolios. The rules, however, appear harsh in relation to the insurance industry. By Sarfraz Thind
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Blackstone launches impact investment arm
08 May 2019Asset manager with $50bn in insurance assets seeks more responsible investments