Archive

  • Comment - BaFin holds cards (close to its chest) in future of German life-book consolidation

    01 February 2024

    PE part-ownership of Viridium seems to have informed regulator's rejection of Zurich deal

  • Are insurers' outsourcing agreements contracts 'made in heaven'?

    29 January 2024

    Investment management agreements lock in some tasty fees for managers signing on the dotted line, but insurance CIOs increasingly expect a wide scope of 'extras' to boot

  • Comment - How life insurers might respond to the IMF on private equity risks

    08 January 2024

    The IMF listed various risks of growing PE involvement in the re/insurance industry

  • Chart of the Week - What Apollo earns in fees for helping Bermuda CIOs (and, separately, ancient Greeks)

    15 December 2023

    Apollo Global Management is in a growing phalanx of asset experts coining it in, by originating investments for Bermudian re/insurers

  • Blackstone to acquire UK software provider

    27 November 2023

    Deal with Partners Group to close in Q2 2024

  • Blackstone raised another $5bn from insurers in Q3

    23 October 2023

    Insurers still keen on alternatives, says Blackstone

  • Blackstone loses head of private credit in Europe and APAC

    18 September 2023

    Paulo Eapen set to leave the firm before the end of the year

  • Blackstone merges credit and insurance groups to form BXCI

    14 September 2023

    New division will be led by Gilles Dellaert, aims for $1trn

  • Blackstone gets green light in China to raise funds for overseas investments

    25 August 2023

    Permission follows registration with Asset Management Association of China

  • Blackstone: Size matters

    09 August 2023

    No matter what they tell you, size is important in this world. And Blackstone is up there with the biggest. Its insurance group has tripled assets in five years—and it does not intend to stop there.