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Mid-market corporate lending too "crowded"

Investors should look for smaller, niche sectors, Willis Towers Watson advises

Prince of Wales says insurers need to step up on sustainability

Events organised by the Prince of Wales can't be publicised, so it was a running joke among the attendees of his finance leaders' summit at St James Palace to ask how one had heard about the event. Surrounded by tapestries, art works, swords and powder guns hanging from the walls, 70 finance leaders were asked to commit to concrete actions to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. Vincent Huck got a glimpse through the door.

Willis Towers Watson combines investment with insurance offering

WTW's asset management trading platform quadruples AuM

Willis Towers Watson's AMX reaches $3.2bn less than a year after launch

The risks and rewards of leveraged finance: senior secured loans

With European insurers showing increasing interest in allocating to senior secured loans – a more popular investment for US counterparts – David Turner explores how and why insurers either side of the Atlantic are approaching the asset class.

UK's 'underwhelming' MA reform proposals turn thoughts to post-Brexit possibilities

The lack of significant change in the UK's proposals to reform the Solvency II matching adjustment has led stakeholders to question the country's ability to act on industry feedback while under Eiopa's jurisdiction. Asa Gibson reports

Transition to alternatives helps cut UK annuity pricing

Insurers no longer reliant on corporate bond spreads

Diversified Growth Funds - manna or mania?

Diversified growth funds promise equity-like returns with fixed income-type capital charges. It certainly looks an interesting proposition for insurers in the current low yield world. But how well do the promises stack up? Sarfraz Thind reports

Is the relationship between insurer and asset manager facing disruption?

The relationship between asset manager and insurer could be entering a new era, as WTW attempts to bring investors and managers into a single marketplace via its Asset Management Exchange. Asa Gibson talks to the man hoping to create the Amazon of investment, Oliver Jaegemann.

The 2017 investment agenda

With 2016 drawing to a close, investors on behalf of insurers can look back on what was a particularly challenging year. They will be keen to steady the ship and step up investment performance in 2017. Asa Gibson reports