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Jordanian insurers favour cash over fixed income investments
21 June 2018Investment strategies generally high risk, rating agency warns
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Argentina woes: if you get all tangled up, just tango on
19 June 2018Soaring interest rates and economic turmoil are causing problems for Argentine insurers, and they must also adapt to new rules preventing them from investing in their favourite financial instrument. Vincent Huck reports
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Allianz's CIO talks: "I didn't come here to radically change things."
15 June 2018Like Germany's national football team, Allianz is one of the most well-structured and led companies in the world. Come the final shake-up you know it will be there or thereabouts. In a two-part series Allianz's CIO, Carsten Quitter, speaks to Insurance Asset Risk some three years after his predecessor Andres Gruber told of his challenges. By Sarfraz Thind
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Insurers give ECB bond decision qualified support
14 June 2018Industry holds €2.1tr in sovereigns
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Private markets: end of the credit cycle, start of a new era?
04 June 2018Insurers have increasingly invested in private assets in recent years to counter the low yield environment. But as we enter the later stages of the credit cycle, questions are being raised on whether private assets were tactical short-term choices, or if insurers have fully embraced these asset classes. Vincent Huck reports
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A fight to the death - Talanx executive bemoans no-yield environment
27 November 2017Insurer is fighting Mario Draghi to offset effects of nil-yield assets
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Axa puts Hong Kong wealth management business up for sale
14 September 2017Business expected to be valued at $500m
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Former Axa chief joins US private equity firm
12 September 2017Henri de Castries appointed as European chairman
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Large institutional mandates boost RLAM
17 August 2017Institutional inflows up 210% on the first six months of 2016
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Bund yields vulnerable as QE draws to a close
19 April 2017The end of the ECB's €2trn QE programme will lead to a rebalancing of the European fixed income market, with the repricing of German debt likely to be significant