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  • Mitsui Life plots dollar-to-euro shift as hedging costs mount

    21 April 2017

    Japanese insurers caught between a rock and a hard place with near-zero and negative domestic bonds

  • Japanese insurers target loan market

    19 April 2017

    Industry turns to financing projects as domestic bond yields remain near-zero

  • Fokoku's ¥500bn high yield fund play

    18 April 2017

    Insurer outlines plans to counter the bite of negative rates when unhedged foreign debt matures

  • Nippon Life signs responsible investment pledge

    21 March 2017

    Intends to invest ¥200bn in ESG bonds

  • Allianz and Aviva's asset managers on sustainable infrastructure work stream

    27 February 2017

    UN-backed initiative seeks to engage infrastructure investors with ESG principles