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Aviva Investors appoints chairman of the board

Rock 'n rolling stock: insurers find an opportunity in railway assets

Having facilitated some £2bn of direct investment in UK rail in less than two years, Rock Rail is helping to ease the industry's infrastructure woes with a steady pipeline of projects insurers can gain direct exposure to. Asa Gibson reports

Natixis poaches Pimco VP to grow insurance business

Aviva Investors poaches former SLI director for multi-asset fund

SLI insurance director joins Aviva Investors

Iain Forrester appointed head of insurance investment strategy, global investment solutions

Aviva Investors hires head of multi-asset funds

Sunil Krishnan joins from Santander Asset Management with more appointments in the pipeline

Swiss Life hails real estate investments for improved results

Insurer dismisses talk of price bubble given the low interest rate environment

Global real estate returns expected to dip

Industrial properties promise the best return on investment over next four years

M&A: tipping the scales

With a squeeze on fees and increased competition, the asset management world is realising the need for scale. Insurers have already started on the M&A trail, but there appears to be much more on the way. Sarfraz Thind reports

End of the road for ground rents?

Ground rents were talked up as a great diversifier for insurers, with stable and very long term cashflows, but the UK government's consultation paper and media scrutiny in the past week may be a death knell for the asset class. Asa Gibson reports