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  • IFRS accounting rules to shape asset allocation

    03 February 2016

    When it finally goes live, the IFRS 9 accounting rule is likely to have a notable impact on asset allocation. So what should participants be aware of? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Appointments at Manulife AM, Axa IM, Zurich, Cornerstone Capital

    27 January 2016

    Five recent hires in the insurance and related asset management sector

  • Goodbye gilts as Solvency II shifts asset allocation

    20 January 2016

    Prompted by Solvency II, some insurers have moved out of government bonds and into swaps and short-dated government or corporate bonds. But the swap-based approach is not without its challenges, as Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Axa IM completes nearly €250m of hotel acquisitions in 12 months

    12 January 2016

    Global hotel portfolio now over €2bn

  • Axa IM pays €27m for Milan office building

    05 January 2016

    Third purchase in city in six months

  • Axa IM launches Italian property fund

    14 December 2015

    Insurers and pension funds invest €145m

  • Allianz GI launches green bond fund

    08 December 2015

    Some investments will initially be in non-green bonds

  • Axa IM - Real Assets gets first letting for west London project

    01 December 2015

    Axa Investment Managers - Real Assets has signed the first lease agreement at its three-acre Assembly London estate in Hammersmith, west London.

  • Axa IM buys development site in Bristol city centre

    27 November 2015

    Plans new office-led estate

  • Axa IM pays £70m for City of London office

    26 November 2015

    Insurer's investments in London market in 2015 now over £2bn