Archive

  • Insurers' private equity investment gets a fillip from Brussels

    30 October 2014

    Clarification of the Solvency II capital charges will clear the way for more insurers to embrace the asset class, joining those already attracted by the superior returns

  • Canadian life insurers' asset management operations grow

    30 October 2014

    Positive for insurers' holding companies

  • Lower your capital market expectations

    27 October 2014

    J P Morgan sees 10-15 years of leaner nominal returns

  • John Hancock Financial part of group buying electric utility

    21 October 2014

    Macquarie leads infrastructure investors acquiring Cleco for $4.7bn

  • The pros and cons of managing insurers' assets in-house

    17 October 2014

    External management of an insurer's assets may give the company more flexibility, but does it necessarily produce good results? Sarfraz Thind investigates

  • Old Mutual Global Investors hires absolute return team

    15 October 2014

    Six people join from Ignis

  • Axa and Swiss Re take part in new global infrastructure initiative

    10 October 2014

    World Bank brings together public and private participants

  • Making fixed income investments work harder

    08 October 2014

    Insurers need to consider introducing alternative, actively managed forms of fixed income to improve portfolio returns, argues Euan MacLaren

  • BNY Mellon to acquire Cutwater Asset Management

    08 October 2014

    Will work closely with Insight Investment

  • Chinese insurer buys Waldorf Astoria New York

    07 October 2014

    And Manulife plans tower project in Montreal