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  • US insurers saw biggest gains in private equity in history in 2021

    25 May 2022

    MassMutual leading PE investor, accounting for 25% of new deals

  • Barings finances US affordable housing development

    02 February 2022

    The $110m development is said to be the largest of its kind in Boston

  • Private equity continues to grow as US insurers' asset of choice

    22 June 2021

    Insurers increased PE holding by 14.8% last year, according to AM Best

  • Rothesay Life in $403m US home lease loan

    13 June 2019

    Transaction done via US subsidiary, Rothesay Asset Management

  • Barings launches high yield bond funds in Asia

    15 January 2019

    Massachusetts Mutual Life’s investment arm argues high yield bonds are a ‘proven asset class’

  • Rock 'n rolling stock: insurers find an opportunity in railway assets

    11 October 2017

    Having facilitated some £2bn of direct investment in UK rail in less than two years, Rock Rail is helping to ease the industry's infrastructure woes with a steady pipeline of projects insurers can gain direct exposure to. Asa Gibson reports

  • MassMutual among insurers boosting Asian private equity

    14 September 2017

    Asian insurers also want more exposure to local unlisted equity, according to research

  • MassMutual's asset management affiliates to combine

    11 March 2016

    Babson, Barings, Cornerstone and Wood Creek to combine under Barings brand

  • Insurers buy into Babson's mezzanine and PE fund

    20 June 2014

    MassMutual commits more than half of fund's $917m