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  • FBL Financial appoints Jeffrey Whitehead as chief investment officer

    25 June 2020

    Previously in charge of Transamerica's $85bn general account

  • Erie Insurance appoints CIO

    25 June 2020

    Ronald Habursky steps up to role after ex-CIO charged with strangulation

  • UBS rings warning bell for US insurer CLOs

    19 June 2020

    About $8bn at risk of downgrade, most held by Athene and AIG

  • NY Life Investments launches US sustainable education academy

    18 June 2020

    Brings European sustainable investing experience to US market

  • Yield-hungry European insurer allocation to US credit grew by 12% last year

    17 June 2020

    The €284bn of US corporate bonds is third biggest credit holding in European insurer portfolios

  • Investing in the midst of pandemic and civil unrest

    10 June 2020

    Aware Asset Management is based in Minnesota, which has been caught in the storm this month. Post-pandemic and an explosion of civil anger at the death of George Floyd marks an even more vituperative crisis for the US. The asset manager shares its views on the current events. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Global downgrade potential hits all-time high

    28 May 2020

    Tally surpasses mark set in 2009 subprime crisis, says S&P

  • US insurers grew CLO exposure by 23% in 2019

    19 May 2020

    CLO allocations up to $158bn as COVID-19 exposes market risk

  • Assured Guaranty reports $55m loss in Q1

    11 May 2020

    Blue Mountain owner's asset management business posts $8m loss

  • MetLife bucks industry trend with flat Q1 result

    07 May 2020

    Helped by strong investment performance