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Insurance ALM turns 160 years old!

Today marks the 160th anniversary of what is believed to be the first actuarial paper on asset-liability management.... but has anything really changed since 1862? Vincent Huck blows out the candles, and gets reading...

Rothesay to launch long-term fixed UK mortgages

UK lifer sees social purpose in general account investments

IAR EMEA: Central bank intervention - a necessary evil?

'Necessary but not for everyone, and beware the addiction' panellists warn

News round-up - 22 September 2021

Just Group; Allianz X; Royal London, M&G; Macif; Axa IM Alts; Aviva; PGIM

Just Group completes a £250m buy-in deal for Keysight Technologies assets

Chart of the week - Releasing pressure from Just's MA portfolio

Just's latest sales of lifetime mortgages reinforce an enduring trend to lessen them in its MA

Phoenix acquires £300m equity release portfolio from Just Group

More equity release activity expected, Phoenix says

Just Group cuts mortgage deal with Rothesay, and UK property risk

Solvency ratio to benefit from £475m sale of mortgage portfolio

Inflation - the rising concern among CIOs

Once the elephant in the room for most insurance investors, inflation or the threat of it, is creeping up the ladder of chief investment officers' risks. Stephanie Harris reports

What is driving real asset investment decisions?

In an increasingly complex environment where returns can be scarce one could have expected CIOs to give answers based on fundamentals, but instead, their investment decisions seem to be driven by a greater cause - purpose, as Vincent Huck finds out