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Insurers warming to PRT illiquids deals

Insights from WTW suggest pensions schemes are looking to insurers to help deal with illiquid assets

L&G secures £340m buy-in with Cable and Wireless Superannuation Fund

Deal is third and final with Liberty Latin America subsidiary scheme

LGIM appoints new Europe CEO and Ireland managing director

Pauline Plunkett takes over from Eve Finn

LGIM opens Singapore office

Business to be led by Natasha Mora

Asset manager affiliates see reduction in profits in H1

Despite broad increase in parent group profits

PRT market heat in 2023 causes illiquids re-think

Pension schemes struggling to deal with illiquid assets at high tempo as market transactions reach record levels

Legal & General Capital's alternatives assets become profits mainstay

Alternatives allocations grow while traded assets shrinks, with alternative finance and specialist commercial real estate take spotlight

Royal London already ahead of Mansion House Compact goals

2023 Interim results stated the insurer and pensions provider already has 10% of its portfolio invested in unlisted illiquid assets

IFRS 17: Are insurers ready for the same scrutiny they impose on their investees

New accounting standards, including IFRS 17, are seeking to standardise insurance accounting globally and better reflect insurers financial positions to their investors. But is their message loud, or more importantly, clear? David Walker examines

LGIM invests £400m in Unite Group public bond refinancing