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Urban logistics: "the hottest game in town"

The projected growth of e-commerce and urbanisation has seen real estate investors showing increasing interest in urban logistic centres. Paul Walsh explores the nascent asset class as an opportunity for insurers.

M&G loans £0.5bn for Central London residential redevelopment

Prudential combines M&G with UK and Europe business

New business to manage £332bn in assets, with greater scale enabling group to move to a capital-light model under Solvency II

M&G launches two hard currency emerging market funds

Prudential's investment arm will target government-backed debt, equities and corporate debt

M&G wins UK broadband infrastructure mandate

Prudential's unlisted equity investment business will launch a platform to invest in full fibre broadband in the UK

Insurer-owned UK asset managers grow AuM faster than rivals

Moody's survey reveals UK asset managers grew AuM during 2015 and 2016, but fee pressure dampens revenue growth

M&G acquires ground lease to Edinburgh hotel

City identified as the UK's top earning hotel location outside of London

Diversified Growth Funds - manna or mania?

Diversified growth funds promise equity-like returns with fixed income-type capital charges. It certainly looks an interesting proposition for insurers in the current low yield world. But how well do the promises stack up? Sarfraz Thind reports

M&G wins $500m UK real estate mandate

Highlights positive outlook for UK property market despite political uncertainty

Pimco and M&G slide down European fund rankings

Large outflows see each manager's AuM decline dramatically since 2013