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

  • Pimco brings back Spence and Banet

    30 October 2014

    Worked for the firm under Gross

  • 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

  • Wilton Re to acquire Aegon's Canadian businesses

    16 October 2014

    Investment management and mutual fund units included

  • Allianz part of consortium buying Porterbrook

    13 October 2014

    Porterbrook owns portfolio of UK rolling-stock leases

  • Insurers criticise EC's treatment of long-term investments

    10 October 2014

    Adoption of delegated acts unlikely to end industry lobbying

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

    10 October 2014

    World Bank brings together public and private participants

  • Axa IM hires business development manager

    22 September 2014

    Powis joins from Ignis AM to build relationships with insurers

  • Advent hires European business development head

    16 September 2014

    Gourlay joins from RWC Partners

  • Amundi hires global head of multi-asset

    15 September 2014

    Recruits Sobotka, ex-CIO of HSBC multi-manager unit