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Hiscox says Q1 "positive period for bonds and equities"
13 May 2015Reports investment result of 0.8%
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Time is running out for Greece
27 April 2015Endgame in about six weeks, says JP Morgan; Draghi stresses about banks
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Navigating the hard realities of policy divergence
31 March 2015The European Central Bank (ECB) unleashing quantitative easing just as the US Federal Reserve sits at the cusp of tightening is causing global currency spasms and market angst. Iain Stealy describes how insurance companies investing in bonds might react to these developments
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Insurers stick with bonds despite ECB buying spree
26 March 2015The launch of QE has sent bond yields tumbling but duration mismatches and capital charges on alternatives discourage reallocation, explains Hugo Coelho
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European insurers should not settle for less than nothing
12 March 2015Moving along the yield curve may offer increased yield and dramatically expand the universe of investible instruments for insurers, Eugene Dimitriou and Michael Story explain.
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Greek debt: "don't assume rationality will prevail"
16 February 2015Remember Lehman bankruptcy, says J P Morgan Asset Management
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French reinsurer chooses SGSS for Solvency II reporting
10 February 2015CCR buys look-through and other services
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QE to accelerate shift into illiquid assets
23 January 2015Demand for non-euro assets is another option for hard-pressed insurers, analysts say
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BNY Mellon to acquire Cutwater Asset Management
08 October 2014Will work closely with Insight Investment
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Latest ABS capital charge reduction still not enough to encourage insurer investment
17 September 2014Market participants say the EC's new Solvency II proposals do not address the key issues