Archive

  • L&G completes £450m refinancing for property fund

    23 July 2020

    Financing to provide extra investment capacity in e-commerce and warehouses

  • SLI hires EMD expert from JPMAM

    06 October 2016

    Appointment reflects increasing appetite for EMD

  • Aviva in £187m long-term deal with solar investment firm

    28 September 2016

    Insurer's investment arm agrees two fully amortising 18-year tranches

  • Brexit leaves insurers facing an uncertain investment future

    27 June 2016

    Most UK insurers hedged against risks, which should reduce impact

  • Goodbye gilts as Solvency II shifts asset allocation

    20 January 2016

    Prompted by Solvency II, some insurers have moved out of government bonds and into swaps and short-dated government or corporate bonds. But the swap-based approach is not without its challenges, as Sarfraz Thind reports

  • LGIM hires banker to head private debt business

    19 January 2016

    Asset manager will start in Europe but aim to build global business

  • Cutting down the hedge: how Emir is hitting insurers

    06 January 2015

    Insurers are grappling with new EU rules which could discourage the use of derivatives at a time when they need them more than ever. Safraz Thind reports.

  • RBS ALM director joins consultancy

    06 January 2014

    Ross Evans now at Hymans Robertson