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Packaged portfolios beat advisor-driven ones
08 June 2015Advisors spend only 17% of time on investment management, Cerulli says
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Insurers and regulators still at odds over infrastructure investment
05 June 2015Insurers' investment in infrastructure has stalled in the face of legal uncertainties over long-term commitments, proposed Solvency II capital charges that seem too high to the industry and growing competition for infrastructure assets. Sarfraz Thind explains
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Another $2.7bn leaves Pimco fund
03 June 2015But rate of withdrawal at total return fund halves
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Prudential investment head becomes interim CRO
01 June 2015Foley will have two roles for time being
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M&G Real Estate pays €52m for German retail park
29 May 2015ECB's QE supports investment strategy, says Prudential unit
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US P/C insurers register investment income falls in 2014
28 May 2015Both returns and capital gains hit, say ISO and PCI
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Yie-Hsin Hung becomes CEO of NYLIM
22 May 2015Reports to new head of investments group
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German insurers face crunch on guaranteed products
20 May 2015German insurers are struggling to meet guaranteed rates on life insurance products when returns on traditional investment assets are so paltry. How big a drain on capital is the mismatch producing and what's being done to ease this? Sarfraz Thind explains
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Pimco to close equities funds in strategy shift
15 May 2015CIO for equities, Virginie Maisonneuve, to leave
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Allianz CIO prepares for post-QE volatility
14 May 2015Andreas Gruber, CIO of Allianz, handles one of the biggest insurance investment portfolios in the world. Here he talks to Sarfraz Thind about the structure used to support multiple regions and assets, the attractions of illiquid assets and being ready for when the bubble bursts at the end of quantitative easing