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Selective hires Eppers as CIO
13 May 2015Joins as insurer records drop in investment income
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Talanx joins critics of Heta bond handling
12 May 2015German insurer writes down €47m; rues Austrian stance
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Funding of long-term projects threatened, says Munich Re chairman
07 May 2015Group's $8bn for infrastructure depends on "reliability of terms and conditions"
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Allianz boosts real estate investments in US
06 May 2015Will buy up to $800m of apartments with two partners
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Allianz increases assets under management
06 May 2015Rise helped by market and currency effects in Q1
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Bernanke joins Pimco
30 April 2015Former Fed chairman becomes senior adviser
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The challenge of hedging under the volatility adjustment
29 April 2015The multiple factors used to calculate the Solvency II risk-free rate when using the volatility adjustment (VA) render it almost impossible to hedge perfectly while maintaining capital efficiency, but that in turn creates an opportunity for value-added asset-liability management, says Paul Fulcher
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Phoenix builds up equity-release book
24 April 2015Part of strategy to diversify asset portfolio
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Matching adjustment details challenge UK insurers
22 April 2015The matching adjustment is currently the biggest issue for UK insurer asset portfolios before Solvency II comes into force next year. Among the key issues are equity release, FX hedges and collateral. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Central banks "destroying value", says Fink
22 April 2015BlackRock chief says it's catch-up time for European and Asian stocks