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L&G completes £450m refinancing for property fund
23 July 2020Financing to provide extra investment capacity in e-commerce and warehouses
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Did the Fed kill the bond market?
02 July 2020Hopes were high at the end of March for investors to profit from the Fed's QE intervention and access a rejuvenated credit sector. The once-in-a-lifetime returns have, however, swiftly disappeared, and investors are back to staring at the ghost of bond market past. So what next? Sarfraz Thind reports
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Coal activists widen their scope of action to oil and gas
18 June 2020Move answers a question long asked by Insurance Asset Risk
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Insurers report $8.7bn investment losses in COVID-19 infected Q1
04 May 2020Reported damage still coming as many European, US insurers expected to report this month
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Less onerous ZZR reserving relieves pressure to encash investments
02 May 2019German life insurers welcome rule change which lower their contributions to their interest rate reserve
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Wells Fargo AM hires US insurance solutions lead
18 April 2019Ed Martin joins from Genworth Financial
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US insurers attraction for CLOs
31 January 2019Collateralised loan obligations have been rapidly growing in US insurer portfolios as they cast off the shadow of the financial crisis. But, with a predicted downturn on the horizon, are they safe? Sarfraz Thind reports
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Brexit plans fuel Luxembourg fund industry growth
24 January 2019More than half of newly licensed financial services companies are ‘Brexit relocations’
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Unrealised losses on bonds restrict reinsurance sector’s overall return
11 January 2019Investment yield appears to have bottomed-out and showed a small uptick to 2.7% in the first nine months of 2018, according to Aon reinsurance outlook
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Wells Fargo Asset Management sets up shop in Paris and Frankfurt
03 January 2019It also expands Luxembourg licence to counter ‘prevailing uncertainty’ around Brexit