Archive

  • APAC Weekly - Japan's insurers seek fresh business (and investments) beyond the horizon

    05 November 2024

    A trend gaining quite some traction is overseas expansion, among both general and life insurers as buyers, from Japan, involving a fairly widely-spread mix of targets

  • Taiju Life backs Dutch housing with general account

    20 August 2024

    Lifer follows in footsteps of Mitsui Life, in social housing bond purchase

  • Sumitomo Life puts JPY 1bn behind its first university VC firm allocation

    13 August 2024

    Tokyo's Keio University gave birth to the KII Impact Fund

  • GSAM and Digital Bridge win fund-based infrastructure mandates in Japan

    06 August 2024

    Sumitomo Life and Dai-ichi Life are making separate infrastructure fund investments

  • APAC insurance groups reveal better investment outcomes for Bermudian subsidiaries

    05 August 2024

    From outsourcing to equity beta data to income leaps, APAC-owned Bermudians reported on an investment job well done, in 2023

  • Sumitomo Life invests in good sleeping habits

    04 July 2024

    Japanese lifer is backing developer of wearable tech for healthy sleeping

  • Sumitomo Life issues sustainability-linked loan under new financing framework

    21 June 2024

    Five-year loan links to GHG cuts by Nippon Thomson

  • Sumitomo Life chucks cash for foreign securities and domestic stocks

    24 May 2024

    AuM grew to JPY 37.4trn in FY 24

  • Sumitomo and SBI Life fund buys into non-cognitive skills promotion

    10 May 2024

    Investee Energize will help develop businesses for childhood education

  • Newton IP wins Japanese insurance engagement outsourcing

    30 April 2024

    As part of insurer's emerging managers programme