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  • Former CPIC CIO set to join Ping An

    01 December 2021

    Ben Deng expected to join in a role equivalent to the CIO position

  • Comment: What about the 'how' of net zero?

    18 August 2021

    As insurers pledge allegiance to the net-zero kingdom, for all their willingness and honesty, the 'how' of reaching carbon neutrality remains a mystery, Vincent Huck writes.

  • Asia's pathway to net-zero

    09 August 2021

    Practitioners in Asia's insurance landscape see change on net zero being led by larger underwriters and spurred by the Paris Agreement, COVID-19, their governments' own climate ambitions, and global warming's physical and transition threats. David Walker reports

  • Swiss Re sees investment return fall, and warns of worse to come

    19 February 2021

    Avoided many 'fallen angels' and impairments

  • CPIC extends private finance investments on 5% yield

    24 August 2020

    London listing could presage more outsourcing of investments

  • China - the giant no longer asleep

    17 June 2020

    Ben Deng, chief investment officer of China Pacific Insurance Group, the third largest life and P&C insurer in China, tells David Walker how the Chinese market is coping with COVID-19 disruptions, and how China will come out of it stronger.

  • Pacific Asset Management chalks up 44% growth in third-party investments

    24 March 2020

    Affiliate helped parent rotate into bond and equities funds in 2019

  • Mitsui Sumitomo pulls out of Sinatay Life

    28 December 2016

    Japanese insurer said to be at odds with Sinatay's real estate investment plans

  • As Chinese insurers make riskier bets, regulator prepares to inspect

    02 June 2016

    Tension is building up in China's insurance industry as their investments are to be spot-checked

  • China Pacific expands third-party assets to boost revenue

    01 April 2016

    Third-party assets' share increased from 6.8% in 2011 to 21.5% in 2015