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Insurers cautious but unalarmed by equities volatility
06 August 2024RLAM says investor nervousness on the US recession risk may be overstated
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Japanese insurers views' vindicated as BoJ hikes again
31 July 2024Meiji Yasuda AM and Tokio Marine AM had flagged higher rates in future
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Stagnant consumption may limit BoJ's rate hiking plans, predicts Tokio Marine
16 July 2024MetLife Japan survey finds saving, not spending, bonuses is on consumers' agenda
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LGIM renewables fund buys minority stake in offshore windfarm
02 May 2024Acquisition represents L&G NTR Clean Power (Europe) Fund's first UK deal
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Tokio Marine affiliated manager foresees 10-year JGB yields at 1.5%
26 March 2024TMAM expects "at least one" more interest rate hike in 2024
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Japanese insurers have JPY 4trn in outstanding LIBOR contracts
10 September 2020Insurers better prepared for benchmark transition than banks, Japanese regulator survey finds
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Japan regulator reveals insurers' JPY 32trn Libor challenge
16 March 2020All but JPY 6trn of underwriters' asset and investment exposure runs through 2021
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Between a rock and a hard place: Japan's life insurers must invest wisely
30 August 2017With negative-yielding domestic bonds, a back book with high return guarantees and a prudential solvency regulation on the horizon, Japanese life insurers are caught between a rock and a hard place. David Turner reports.
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Why bond market liquidity is back on the worry list
28 September 2016JP Morgan Asset Management's Prashant Sharma and Bryan Wallace on why insurance investors must accept structurally lower liquidity in bond markets, and how they can navigate the new asset landscape.
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Fitch goes negative on Japanese insurers' foreign bond buying
12 December 2014Currency and ALM risk increasing