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The insurance asset management gold rush
15 March 2017Enticed by lucrative revenues, insurers are pushing into the asset management business like never before. Insurer-affiliated managers are currently some of the fastest growing in the world. With regulations and low rates driving increased insurer third-party asset outsourcing, the industry is in a prime position to pick up more business. Sarfraz Thind reports
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JP Morgan promotes insurance chief to lead institutional clients
15 February 2017James Peagam fit for the role having worked with insurance clients
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Stress test or eventuality: it's time to respond
31 January 2017European life insurers should reassess their investment strategies in light of Eiopa's latest stress test, which exposed vulnerabilities to a plausible 'low-for-long' interest rate environment, writes JP Morgan Asset Management's Vladimir Zdorovenin.
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Axa IMRA appoints head of Japan
17 January 2017Yoshihiko Hayafuji joins with immediate effect, replacing Tetsuya Karasawa
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New rules to prompt US asset reshuffle
22 December 2016US insurance is on a collision course with one of its biggest risk capital changes in years. It is a significant change for the long-term asset allocation strategy of US insurers and could herald a reshuffle in the fixed income portfolio. Sarfraz Thind reports.
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Invesco targets insurer needs with hire from JPMAM
12 December 2016Managers must be partners to underwriters, Invesco says
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Dai-ichi buys $50m Feed Africa Bond
02 November 2016African Development Bank issues 10-year, AAA-rated bonds
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SLI hires EMD expert from JPMAM
06 October 2016Appointment reflects increasing appetite for EMD
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The high yields and low defaults of taxable muni bonds
05 October 2016With a long record of above average returns and strong credit quality, the US's little-known taxable municipal bond market offers non-US insurers a safe route to yield, says Eaton Vance's Michael Sullivan.
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Why bond market liquidity is back on the worry list
28 September 2016JP Morgan Asset Management's Prashant Sharma and Bryan Wallace on why insurance investors must accept structurally lower liquidity in bond markets, and how they can navigate the new asset landscape.