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Private markets: end of the credit cycle, start of a new era?
04 June 2018Insurers have increasingly invested in private assets in recent years to counter the low yield environment. But as we enter the later stages of the credit cycle, questions are being raised on whether private assets were tactical short-term choices, or if insurers have fully embraced these asset classes. Vincent Huck reports
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Insurers’ outsourced assets increase by 16.9% in 2017
23 May 2018Results of the 2018 Insurance Investment Outsourcing report show $2.2trn outsource bump
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Blackrock, JPMorgan AM and Schroders into second round for Scottish Widows £109bn mandate
26 April 2018BlackRock, JPMorgan Asset Management and Schroders have been invited into a second round of bidding for Scottish Widows' £109bn ($152bn) investment mandate, according to the FT.
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The slippery skill of liquidity management
01 December 2017Liquidity management is an ever-growing focus for insurers since the financial crisis. But how well do insurers understand it? Sarfraz Thind reports
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Insurers target improved ALM and private assets to enhance investment profits
27 September 2017Blackrock's 2017 Global Insurance Survey reveals some telling figures regarding insurers' attitudes towards the role of the investment function, and how they plan to manipulate their activities to improve profitability. Asa Gibson reports
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Aviva Investors hires head of multi-asset funds
21 August 2017Sunil Krishnan joins from Santander Asset Management with more appointments in the pipeline
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SimCorp on the investment technology drive
12 July 2017As insurers push further into the asset management space, investment technology will become ever more critical to business performance. Klaus Holse, CEO of SimCorp, talks to Sarfraz Thind about how the firm is helping insurers grow their investment operations.
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US insurer ETF use to grow 86% in next five years, S&P predicts
22 June 2017Move to fixed income ETFs the next biggest trend, rating agency finds
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US accounting tweak could see insurers plough into bond ETFs
07 June 2017BlackRock, State Street worked with NAIC to instigate new valuation treatment
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Alternatives shine for Lloyd's syndicates
05 April 2017Following the insights gleaned on rising manager fees and falling yields for Lloyd's syndicates, David Walker shines light on the well-performing fraction of alternative investments made by the sector in 2015.