Archive

  • Dai-ichi Life invests JPY 5bn in Schroders BlueOrchard Microfinance fund

    30 August 2024

    Invests in private loans to microfinance institutions to expand financial inclusion

  • GSAM and Digital Bridge win fund-based infrastructure mandates in Japan

    06 August 2024

    Sumitomo Life and Dai-ichi Life are making separate infrastructure fund investments

  • Dai-ichi Life to become a 'carbon credit matchmaker' in pursuit of net-zero Japan

    06 August 2024

    Japanese lifer will help match carbon credit investors with emitters, it has announced

  • APAC insurance groups reveal better investment outcomes for Bermudian subsidiaries

    05 August 2024

    From outsourcing to equity beta data to income leaps, APAC-owned Bermudians reported on an investment job well done, in 2023

  • Dai-ichi Life gives coffee trading platform a shot in the arm

    10 May 2024

    Investment is 'responsible', but insurer expects "high returns" too

  • Dai-ichi Life makes first sustainability-linked loans worth JPY 12bn

    10 April 2024

    Lifer plans more such lending "as a responsible institutional investor"

  • S&P Global voices concerns at some APAC insurers' property exposures

    12 March 2024

    Exposures of some Chinese insurers raise questions, but Japan, Taiwan and South Korea cause less worry

  • Dai-ichi Life makes two impact investments in medical sector

    08 March 2024

    Worth a combined $6m

  • Japanese earthquake reinsurer backs transition sovereign bond

    04 March 2024

    Japan Earthquake Reinsurance joins long list of industry investors

  • Chart of the Week - To JGB or not to JGB?

    01 March 2024

    That's not the question for outsourcing Japanese CIOs, apparently, seeking new managers