Archive

  • China's top regulator embroiled in corruption investigation

    10 April 2017

    Head of the country's insurance watchdog suspected of "serious disciplinary violations"

  • PIC invests £93m in Welsh housing

    13 March 2017

    Deal structured around credit strength of the housing associations

  • Axa IM recruits two actuaries for ILS team

    30 September 2016

    Risk experts hired in light of significant client demand

  • Why bond market liquidity is back on the worry list

    28 September 2016

    JP Morgan Asset Management's Prashant Sharma and Bryan Wallace on why insurance investors must accept structurally lower liquidity in bond markets, and how they can navigate the new asset landscape.

  • Axa IMRA acquires German retail and hotel development

    28 September 2016

    In line with the firm's "large and high-profile" property strategy

  • Bank of England to put the squeeze on UK insurers

    03 August 2016

    Monetary easing may include fresh round of asset purchases. Hugo Coelho reports

  • Aviva acquires freehold to £74.5m student accommodation property

    12 July 2016

    770-bed property leased to Coventry University for 30 years

  • Tail risk increased since Brexit vote, says Zurich's Miller

    30 June 2016

    Further equity falls expected in coming weeks

  • Can covered bonds stage a comeback?

    29 June 2016

    Covered bonds have traditionally been a favourite asset for insurers and are treated sympathetically under Solvency II, but they have fallen from grace as low yields bite into the asset class. Sarfraz Thind reports on prospects for a revival

  • State Street takes over Allianz fund administration

    11 May 2016

    Taking over all activities from Dealis Fund Operations