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Nippon Life invests JPY 600m in social impact fund

Investing drives ever more of Japanese life insurers' core profits

Dai-ichi Life only underwriter to report higher core profit in 2020

Resolution Life secures further $1.6bn strategic investments

Grows total capital commitments to $5bn since September 2018

Japanese life insurers' capitalisation improved in H1 2020 but still weak to market shocks

Movement away from domestic bonds to foreign becoming increasingly transparent

Nippon Life invests A$150m in World Bank nutrition bond

Pandemic focused attention on risks of malnutrition due to disruptions to food supply chain

Nippon Life invests in University of Tokyo's social bonds

Bond has a maturity of 40 years with interest rate of 0.823%

Nippon Life puts $100m behind managers funding COVID vaccine firms

Japanese insurer uses affiliated manager for investment in Grove Street Advisors fund

Fitch revises outlook for Japan sovereign from stable to negative

Impact on insurers marginal as Japanese firms already plagued with negative outlooks

Nippon Life invests AUD 140m in sustainable city bond

Issued by Inter-American Development Bank

Nippon Life places $20m in US impact investing fund

Targeting areas such as healthcare, education, and renewable energy