Archive

  • Aberdeen Standard Investments hopes to get Phoenix £7bn AuM

    30 May 2018

    Mandates 'under review' at Phoenix revealed in Aberdeen document

  • Allianz becomes largest minority shareholder of Moneyfarm

    29 May 2018

    The online investment platform raised £40m in latest fund-raising round

  • Pimco to buy £5bn of collapsed bank mortgages

    26 April 2018

    Pimco, the largest bond fund manager in the world, is to buy £5bn ($5.7bn) of mortgages from collapsed British banks, Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley, according to Sky News.

  • Equity volatility: how safe is your portfolio?

    19 March 2018

    Equity volatility is back. After a muted 2017, things went a little haywire for equities in February. But are these tremors or the start of something bigger? And how should insurers react? By David Walker

  • L&G hires land and planning expert to expand housing capabilities

    11 January 2018

    Sebastian Balcombe joins as insurer has more than 80,000 homes in pipeline

  • Phoenix's Blamont on an illiquid strategy

    10 January 2018

    Daniel Blamont is leading the charge for Phoenix's move into illiquid assets. Having started from nothing three years ago, the insurer has already built up an impressive portfolio and looks set to expand this in the future. By Sarfraz Thind

  • The slippery skill of liquidity management

    01 December 2017

    Liquidity management is an ever-growing focus for insurers since the financial crisis. But how well do insurers understand it? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • IFoA observes common practices on private credit allocation

    21 November 2017

    A working group hosted by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has issued guidance for insurers on investing in private credit under the constraints of Solvency II.

  • UK's 'underwhelming' MA reform proposals turn thoughts to post-Brexit possibilities

    17 November 2017

    The lack of significant change in the UK's proposals to reform the Solvency II matching adjustment has led stakeholders to question the country's ability to act on industry feedback while under Eiopa's jurisdiction. Asa Gibson reports

  • Beazley trims exposure to investment grade credit

    09 November 2017

    Reinvests in sovereign debt