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  • Regulation redefines relations between insurers and asset managers

    27 September 2018

    In the second part of Insurance Asset Risk's insurer-asset manager survey we examine how Solvency II has shifted the dynamic for insurance asset managers. Insurers are not always getting the tailor-made solutions, research and expertise they ask for. By Sarfraz Thind

  • Phoenix provides £50m in debt financing for Anglian Water

    24 September 2018

    Utility will draw down the debt finance in 2020, with funds allocated to climate change mitigation

  • Insurers and asset managers: a relationship in turmoil

    13 September 2018

    The relationship between insurers and their asset manager is evolving, shifted by macroeconomic changes, regulations, fee pressures and new asset dynamics. Insurers say they want more from their asset managers. But more of what precisely? And how are managers responding? IAR asks the industry. By Sarfraz Thind

  • ASI appoints first head of global insurance asset management

    13 September 2018

    Richard Pereira to oversee £158bn of assets managed on behalf of Phoenix Group

  • Standard Life Aberdeen profits take a hit in "tough market"

    07 August 2018

    Challenging market conditions led to a 12% drop in pre-tax profits for Standard Life Aberdeen

  • Phoenix and Aberdeen launch fund financing strategy

    27 June 2018

    Aiming to capture private markets’ illiquidity premia

  • How regulatory data can unlock the door to competitive advantage

    26 June 2018

    The data in Solvency II quantitative reporting templates can be used to gain insight and edge, David Walker reports.

  • Phoenix Group appoints two senior SLA executives to its board

    25 June 2018

    While SLA continues to restructure board following Standard Life and Aberdeen merger

  • Aberdeen Standard Investments hopes to get Phoenix £7bn AuM

    30 May 2018

    Mandates 'under review' at Phoenix revealed in Aberdeen document

  • LV=’s CIO on adapting to Solvency II

    03 May 2018

    LV=’s CIO Mark Laidlaw gives an insight into how the business has been impacted by Solvency II’s dictates on asset and liability management and moulded its choice of asset manager. By Paul Walsh and Sarfraz Thind