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Cutting down the hedge: how Emir is hitting insurers
06 January 2015Insurers are grappling with new EU rules which could discourage the use of derivatives at a time when they need them more than ever. Safraz Thind reports.
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Infrastructure charges could be reviewed early, hints Commission
04 December 2014Axa refuses to invest before capital treatment under Solvency II is clarified
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Friends Life and Aviva merger spells bad news for asset managers
24 November 2014Aviva Investors would take over outsourced mandates
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Axa estimates impact of flat reinvestment rates
21 November 2014Earnings cut by €40m a year for life & savings unit
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Axa IM creates new US client role
05 November 2014Stephen Sexeny joins from New York Life
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Insurers' private equity investment gets a fillip from Brussels
30 October 2014Clarification of the Solvency II capital charges will clear the way for more insurers to embrace the asset class, joining those already attracted by the superior returns
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The pros and cons of managing insurers' assets in-house
17 October 2014External management of an insurer's assets may give the company more flexibility, but does it necessarily produce good results? Sarfraz Thind investigates
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Buy-and-maintain strategies attract insurers' interest
14 October 2014Some insurers are looking at buy-and-maintain strategies because of claims that they can increase yield without taking on too much credit risk and reduce transaction costs. Hardeep Dhillon looks at the arguments
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Axa and Swiss Re take part in new global infrastructure initiative
10 October 2014World Bank brings together public and private participants
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Completion mandates are AllianceBernstein's forte
26 September 2014The approach enables insurers to access asset classes where they don't have the resources to research and manage them in-house, the firm's insurance CIO Erik Vynckier explains to Hardeep Dhillon