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  • Beazley shores up portfolio with investment grade bonds

    22 July 2016

    Divests 99% of ABS since the start of 2015

  • Brexit credit spread widening biggest threat to UK insurer balance sheets

    28 June 2016

    Spread widening and rating migration increasing pressure

  • Massive increase in currency hedging cost as Brexit vote looms

    20 June 2016

    Insurers face currency hedging hike with UK volatility near financial crisis highs

  • Emerging market debt a logical extension for insurers

    26 May 2016

    The key driver for investing in emerging markets is the search for additional yield, and the hard-currency version seems a better fit for insurers' portfolio. But beware of the sovereign risks associated to some countries. Benedicte Gravrand reports

  • Standard Life Investments wins insurer mandates

    23 May 2016

    Commitments from two mainland European insurers in year to date

  • Axa may sell UK life and wealth units, Deutsche may sell Abbey Life - sources

    14 April 2016

    Standard Life, L&G, Swiss Re, Phoenix said to be among the bidders

  • Beazley dumped $366m ABS portfolio ahead of Solvency II

    04 February 2016

    Specialty insurer promotes Stuart Simpson to chief investment officer

  • IFRS accounting rules to shape asset allocation

    03 February 2016

    When it finally goes live, the IFRS 9 accounting rule is likely to have a notable impact on asset allocation. So what should participants be aware of? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Swiss Life REIM buys three Paris hotels

    11 December 2015

    Acquired for upscale hotel fund

  • Outsourced or in-house: the great asset management debate

    26 November 2015

    In part 2 of this InsuranceERM/bfinance roundtable, participants discuss their approaches to managing assets in-house and using external asset managers