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The pros and cons of managing insurers' assets in-house
17 October 2014External management of an insurer's assets may give the company more flexibility, but does it necessarily produce good results? Sarfraz Thind investigates
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MetLife expands Brazilian agricultural loan portfolio
16 October 2014$150m deal for Amaggi follows investments in Seattle industrial parks and Copenhagen airport
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Fixed-income investments dominate US insurer portfolios in 2013
28 August 2014But small increase in alternatives exposure, as industry hunts for yield, says Fitch
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Q2 earnings: investment round-up 30 July
31 July 2014Allstate, Hartford Financial, Intact Financial, Lincoln National, MetLife
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Metlife purchases Beacon Street Tower Boston property for $561m
28 July 2014Part of real estate joint venture with Norway sovereign wealth fund
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Solvency II will deter insurers from securitised investments, says Afme
11 June 2014Industry body calls for easing of ABS capital requirements
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Rothesay Life acquires MetLife's UK bulk annuity subsidiary
18 February 2014MetLife Assurance holds around £3bn in assets
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Friends Life's Mark Versey: "Infrastructure is now a core investment strategy"
22 November 2013Friends Life is now directly investing in both infrastructure and commercial real estate debt after awarding combined mandates of £1bn this year. Jamie Bullen asks chief investment officer Mark Versey what lies behind this new strategy