Archive

  • AAM Insurance Investment Management appoints CIO and head of fixed income

    15 April 2024

    Tim Senechalle and Elizabeth Henderson take up roles

  • The US outsourcing race

    14 February 2022

    The last year seems to have brought more asset management firms than ever into the insurance outsourcing space. How difficult is it to break into this market? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Be-rating the agencies

    24 January 2022

    US insurance regulators are assessing the use of rating agencies in their risk capital adjudications—it could have significant implications for insurer assets. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • NN IP and ChinaAMC jointly launch ESG fund

    29 May 2020

    Partnership began in 2018 to find opportunities in European and Chinese markets

  • Paamco and KKR Prisma form $30bn liquid alternatives manager

    07 February 2017

    Combined enterprise will operate independently from KKR

  • Tailored and transparent - absolute return funds under Solvency II

    14 November 2016

    If insurers can overcome historical bias and some regulatory stumbling blocks, absolute return funds could offer uncorrelated and attractive returns, with little cost under Solvency II, according to Melanie Rijkenberg

  • The case against hedge fund divestment

    20 July 2016

    The poor performance of hedge funds has led some insurers to slash their allocation, but the asset class has the potential to produce yield in difficult markets, as Asa Gibson reports

  • US insurers raise exposure to alternatives

    06 April 2016

    US insurers are increasing their exposure to alternative investments at the expense of allocations to non-performing fixed income portfolios, reports Benedicte Gravrand

  • Aegon targets expansion of asset management division

    21 January 2016

    The investment management division of the Dutch insurer wants to meet the increasing demand for benchmark-agnostic active investment solutions. Benedicte Gravrand reports.

  • Securian more than triples its external insurance AuM

    21 November 2014

    Boost will come from buying majority stake in AAM