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Axa and XL set to create $750bn combined investment pot

But fate of which affiliate gets what, remains unclear

Life insurers could find an ally in alternative asset managers

An increasing number of life insurance companies in the US are using alternative investment managers for their investment strategies, a situation Fitch Ratings describes as a potential "win-win" for both parties.

SLA hopeful of resuming Scottish Widows mandate after insurance sale

Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) is hopeful that selling its insurance business will give it a chance to re-tender for the £109bn ($152bn) Scottish Widows asset mandate.

Axa life business success rests on asset management

Underwriter reveals spreads of investment yields over life guarantees, by market

Lloyds reports "a lot of interest" in £109bn Scottish Widows asset mandate

Lloyds Banking Group has been flooded with enquiries about managing £109bn ($139bn) of Scottish Widows assets, after announcing the sacking of current manager Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA).

Lloyds Banking Group plotted merger with Standard Life Aberdeen

Scottish Widows terminates £100bn Standard Life Aberdeen contract

Lloyds Banking Group has axed the mandate it had with Standard Life Aberdeen to manage £109bn ($153bn) of assets for the bank's Scottish Widows insurance business.

UK's matching adjustment proposals fall short of expectations - ABI

Progress in the right direction but criteria still too restrictive, argues association

Aberdeen Standard Investments launches employment fund with poverty charity

Fund helps promote good employment practices and supports UN Sustainable Development Goal

Build-to-rent: an emerging opportunity?

Within the booming UK real estate industry, where a lack of supply has inflated valuations and rental prices, the build-to-rent sub-sector offers an alternative revenue stream for insurers. Cintia Cheong reports