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  • Axa gets regulator's nod for Japan mergers, and JPY 7.9trn combined asset pot

    19 March 2024

    Strengthening financial base is one rationale for local M&A

  • Comment - How Japan's insurers are making some very 'long-term investments', in society

    12 March 2024

    It seems few insurance industries are as committed to their societies in times of natcats, as Japan's

  • Nippon Life plans foreign bond buying for foreign-FX endowment insurance

    23 February 2024

    Among other insurers YoY foreign-FX exposure is fairly immobile

  • Japan's insurers in small minority on stewardship code

    30 December 2019

    However affiliated managers are aplenty on signatory roster

  • Axa Life Japan and Sumitomo Life take stakes in elderly care specialist

    13 December 2018

    Each will acquire 3.13% of Emimen

  • Japanese insurers sign up to stewardship code

    09 July 2018

    Committing to principles for responsible institutional investors

  • ICBC-Axa gets green light to set up Chinese asset manager

    08 May 2018

    First Sino-foreign joint venture to be granted approval to set up asset management arm