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  • APAC Weekly - China debt plan launches suggest no end in sight to insurers' thirst for infra

    06 August 2024

    Almost 200 infrastructure debt and equity plans have been launched by Chinese insurance asset managers so far this year

  • The BBB effect: apocalypse or opportunity?

    12 March 2019

    US insurers are holding bigger volumes of BBB-rated corporate debt than at any time in the past. A turning credit cycle could tip significant amounts of these to junk. But while the headline figures look startling, is this really a precursor to the apocalypse or just another bad news story? Sarfraz Thind reports