Archive

  • M&G Real Estate makes three hires to Asia real estate team

    12 July 2017

    Appointments will further consolidate M&G's position in Asia, firm says

  • Aberdeen acquires Taiwanese equity fund manager

    03 July 2017

    Value Partners Concord Asset Management will become part of the Standard Life group

  • Solvency II filings reveal extent of life insurers' illiquid investments

    28 June 2017

    Insurance Risk Data, the data service offered by the publishers of IAR, examined the QRTs of Europe's largest life companies that together run €1trn of investments and found they had allocated €375.7bn to five illiquid asset classes. David Walker reports

  • Axa IMRA confirms €80m Barcelona hotel and central London development

    21 June 2017

    Manager outlines vision for 'TwentyTwo' development – formerly The Pinnacle under Saudi ownership

  • Commission: Solvency II charge on infrastructure corporates should be lowered

    08 June 2017

    Mid-term review of Capital Markets Union sparks criticism from Insurance Europe

  • Prudential invests in Indian wind power

    30 May 2017

    Insurer's Asian investment arm has invested an undisclosed amount into Watsun Infrabuild

  • Turning away from tradition: Generali targets €9trn insurance asset market

    12 May 2017

    Insurer will establish an insurance solutions team focussed on SME lending, private equity and private debt

  • IPO will bring life insurance and asset management closer together, says Axa chief

    10 May 2017

    Axa to float US business, including stake in manager AB – under new leadership, following loss of large institutional mandate

  • Diversified Growth Funds - manna or mania?

    07 April 2017

    Diversified growth funds promise equity-like returns with fixed income-type capital charges. It certainly looks an interesting proposition for insurers in the current low yield world. But how well do the promises stack up? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Alternatives shine for Lloyd's syndicates

    05 April 2017

    Following the insights gleaned on rising manager fees and falling yields for Lloyd's syndicates, David Walker shines light on the well-performing fraction of alternative investments made by the sector in 2015.