Archive

  • 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

  • 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

  • Newton IP wins Japanese insurance engagement outsourcing

    30 April 2024

    As part of insurer's emerging managers programme

  • Sumitomo Life to loan ¥3bn to biomass power generation business

    26 August 2021

    Part of a syndicated loan agreement of ¥28bn total

  • Aberdeen to buy strategic stake in Aviva Singapore

    14 September 2020

    Unit manages SG$ 11.8bn of assets

  • Embattled Japan Post Insurance finds silver lining to sales-ban cloud

    17 February 2020

    Improving investments help insurer upgrade full-year guidance on income and ordinary profit

  • Japan's insurers in small minority on stewardship code

    30 December 2019

    However affiliated managers are aplenty on signatory roster

  • Foreign bond buying boosts profits at Japan life firms

    03 December 2018

    But Moody's warns of credit and FX risk

  • Japanese insurers reveal bond investment plans

    21 October 2014

    Unhedged foreign bonds, US Treasuries on menus