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  • Harald Epple promoted to CFO of Barmenia.Gothaer

    04 September 2024

    Combined GA of merged composites is worth €50bn

  • BaFin approves Gothaer and Barmenia merger

    27 August 2024

    German mid-tiers will make a combined investment pot worth about €50bn

  • Barmenia buys, modestly, into CLOs in 2021

    28 July 2022

    Allocations - firsts for each undertaking - came amid "strong demand" for alts

  • German life firms reveal which investments got sold to feed ZZR

    07 June 2021

    But Allianz Leben says the reserve aids systemic sustainability

  • An alternative for the trials of life in Germany

    12 May 2021

    From infrastructure with low capital charges to multi-credit funds and private equity, German life firms' latest solvency reports reveal chief investment officers want to allocate more to alternatives. David Walker reports

  • Nuernberger's lower investment result a sign of the times for German life sector

    26 April 2017

    Finding yields above 1.2% for acceptable risk is a "considerable challenge", insurer says