Archive

  • MetLife Investments appoints chief market strategist

    02 March 2017

    Drew Matus replaces Phil Melville

  • MetLife IM targets institutional client growth with hire in Japan

    07 February 2017

    Maya Kiyokawa joins to grow client base in "vital and growing" Asian market

  • MetLife takes $3.2bn hit on derivatives hedging in Q4

    02 February 2017

    Net investment income rose 4% compared to Q4 2015

  • The unorthodox CIO behind MetLife's expansion

    25 January 2017

    MetLife's CIO Steve Goulart manages one of the biggest and most diverse insurance asset portfolios in the US. While the insurer is feeling the pinch of low interest rates, its diversification has helped to calm some of the yield pressure. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • The case against hedge fund divestment

    20 July 2016

    The poor performance of hedge funds has led some insurers to slash their allocation, but the asset class has the potential to produce yield in difficult markets, as Asa Gibson reports

  • Catching the last wave of the credit cycle

    13 July 2016

    Confronted with the prospect of an increase in default rates, insurers are hunting for yield in a more selective but expansive way, BlackRock's Zach Buchwald tells Hugo Coelho

  • MetLife to focus on structured finance and real estate mortgages

    02 June 2016

    Also favours fee-oriented and low-capital intensity businesses

  • Prudential Financial: no plans to shake up investments

    27 May 2016

    Mark Grier also told the Financial Times he had scope to adjust how it priced policies

  • MetLife to further reduce hedge fund portfolio

    06 May 2016

    Following disappointing Q1 investment income results

  • Japanese insurers hunt abroad as rates turn negative

    16 February 2016

    Overseas assets, products and acquisitions are proving attractive to a Japanese industry struggling under the burden of low interest rates. B. Gravrand reports.