Archive

  • Da-ichi Life outsources JPY 1bn of IT startup investing to local emerging manager

    18 November 2024

    Lifer hopes to expand exit opportunities, supporting fundraising for start-ups

  • APAC Weekly - Japan's insurers seek fresh business (and investments) beyond the horizon

    05 November 2024

    A trend gaining quite some traction is overseas expansion, among both general and life insurers as buyers, from Japan, involving a fairly widely-spread mix of targets

  • Dai-ichi Life invests AUD $150m in biodiversity bond

    29 October 2024

    Issued by Asian Development Bank during COP16

  • Dai-ichi Life invests in Sakana AI tech startup

    26 September 2024

    AI tech touted as part of solution to labour productivity problems

  • 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"