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The 'obscure' Solvency II co-investment rule
30 April 2019Recent changes to co-investing rules under Solvency II have been received with mixed feelings by European insurers. Many players are even unaware there has been a development. Vincent Huck reports
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Munich Re slows gainful investment sales for ZZR
06 February 2019The mandatory interest reserve, or ZZR, obligation applies to the Ergo Lebensversicherung primary life insurance unit
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R&V Leben tops investment performance among German life firms
18 December 2018BaFin released figures for 2017
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Austria: Eastern Promise Beckons for Asset Managers
23 August 2018Austrians' expanding businesses in eastern Europe, a commitment to ESG and their suffering at the hands of miserable debt yields, makes the country a market worth investigating in. David Walker reports.
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Insurers hear train coming
16 August 2018Europe's liberalisation move in the rail sector provides ample promises of returns for institutional investors such as insurers. Despite tailwinds from the legislators and regulators, investors still have to manage the complexity of such deals as well as the risks they incur to ultimately be on the right track. David Walker reports
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MEAG and Luxcara structure debt and equity deal for wind farm
14 August 2018Deal includes project bonds worth and privately placed equity investment with the Munich Re group
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Bridging language barriers between insurers and external asset managers
26 June 2018IAR EMEA conference: panel explores insurer/manager relationship
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Impact investing or impact washing?
13 June 2018Insurers say they can find financial value in ESG investing, but they have to be wise to investments that don't deliver on their stated goals. And while ESG can mean different things to different stakeholders, a push for standardisation is not always welcome, according to panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's 2018 EMEA conference. Vincent Huck reports
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Insurers' third-party coal assets attacked by environmentalists
08 February 2018With some firms withdrawing their own investments from coal-related businesses, environmentalists are pressuring insurers to act on third-party assets. Cintia Cheong reports
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Munich Re acquires stake in US wind portfolio
24 August 2017German re/insurance group's internal asset management business MEAG advised the deal