Archive

  • Unipolsai investment yield up 10 basis points

    04 August 2016

    Increase is down to reduction of sovereign bond holdings and slow pace of reinvestment

  • Suncorp appoints head of investments

    20 July 2016

    Patrick Farrell brings insurance investment experience

  • The case against hedge fund divestment

    20 July 2016

    The poor performance of hedge funds has led some insurers to slash their allocation, but the asset class has the potential to produce yield in difficult markets, as Asa Gibson reports

  • Aviva acquires freehold to £74.5m student accommodation property

    12 July 2016

    770-bed property leased to Coventry University for 30 years

  • Axa IM poaches Alix Chosson from Standard Life Investments

    07 July 2016

    Axa IM strengthening its responsible investor team

  • Three more managers suspend UK property funds

    06 July 2016

    Henderson, Columbia Threadneedle and Canada Life take total up to six

  • FSOC warns of continued low rate impact on insurer portfolios

    27 June 2016

    Net yield on US insurance assets declining since 2009

  • JP Morgan AM promotes Lummert to Emea insurance head

    20 June 2016

    Succeeds Peagam who became global insurance solutions head last July

  • PIC invests £100m in Thames Tunnel

    16 June 2016

    Insurer capital will fund sewer development

  • EP proposes risk retention hike for simple securitisations

    09 June 2016

    Draft parliamentary report increases skin-in-the-game requirement for issuers to 20% up from 5%