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L&G ploughs £1bn into East London
23 September 2016Plans to increase UK infrastructure investments to £15bn
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Getting the measure of credit downgrade risk
21 September 2016Investors are questioning the impact of credit downgrades on insurers' Solvency II balance sheets. Hugo Coelho investigates how firms are gauging this risk and why they resist putting a figure on it.
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Quasi-government loans: an elusive illiquid
17 August 2016Supply of much-wanted government-backed loans is short, but the UK's referendum may change that to the benefit of life insurers. Asa Gibson reports.
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L&G boosts direct investments by 28%
10 August 2016Plans to almost double portfolio, as it hunts for yield
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BoE rate cut and QE extension: the industry reacts
04 August 2016Aviva's CEO questions rate cut, analysts expect further QE in 2016
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Bank of England to put the squeeze on UK insurers
03 August 2016Monetary easing may include fresh round of asset purchases. Hugo Coelho reports
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L&G reduces redemption discount for UK property fund
19 July 2016Market begins to stabilise after Brexit panic
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L&G in £84.5m sale-and-leaseback deal
08 July 2016Insurer agrees 25-year lease with Whitbread for hotel in London
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Standard Life suspends trading in real estate fund, first time since 2008
05 July 2016Brexit fears on property cause threat of mass redemptions
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Brexit hits UK insurance property valuations
30 June 2016Standard Life and LGIM cut valuations on property funds in reaction to volatility