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Austria: Eastern Promise Beckons for Asset Managers
23 August 2018Austrians' expanding businesses in eastern Europe, a commitment to ESG and their suffering at the hands of miserable debt yields, makes the country a market worth investigating in. David Walker reports.
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LV= reports negative investment return in H1
07 August 2018Due to losses on hedges protecting the Solvency II balance sheet
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Next Insurance raises $83m
16 July 2018Munich Re and Nationwide Insurance amongst the investors
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Brexit boon for insurers invested in European property
11 June 2018UK decision flushes other real estate markets with liquidity
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LV=’s CIO on adapting to Solvency II
03 May 2018LV=’s CIO Mark Laidlaw gives an insight into how the business has been impacted by Solvency II’s dictates on asset and liability management and moulded its choice of asset manager. By Paul Walsh and Sarfraz Thind
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BNP Paribas AM appoints head for insurance and pensions solutions
18 April 2018BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNP Paribas AM), the investment management arm of BNP Paribas, has hired Julien Halfon to fill the newly created role of head of pension solutions within its multi asset, quantitative and solutions investment group.
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Equity volatility: how safe is your portfolio?
19 March 2018Equity volatility is back. After a muted 2017, things went a little haywire for equities in February. But are these tremors or the start of something bigger? And how should insurers react? By David Walker
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Helvetia favours fixed income, but sees outperformance in equity in 2017
06 March 2018Swiss insurer Helvetia invested mainly in European bonds, US credit and treasuries for its new investments last year as its portfolio returned CHF1.3bn, or 2.8% for 2017.
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Helvetia finances artificial intelligence firm targeting property investments
15 December 2017Series A funding comes amid concern over local real estate prices
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LV= to change role of senior executive as three functions converge
15 November 2017Mark Laidlaw to head unified trio of internal teams, including investing