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Time for duration?
14 May 2024With money market funds peaking, what are the allocation implications for insurers?
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German life consolidators reveal lapse and liquidity risk details in latest SFCRs
08 May 2024All life undertakings discussed experiences, mitigations and examinations of surrenders, in 2023
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Viridium adds to investment burden, by doubling guarantee for Generali Leben's policyholders
08 May 2024CEO Tilo Dresig addresses BaFin's stopping Viridium's planned back-book deal with Zurich
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Comment - What future for PE-backed life book consolidators as AXA and Athora ditch transfer plans?
07 May 2024Ending it was consensual, but BaFin was surely in the deal-partners' thoughts
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Chart of the Week - Hong Kong's RBC rules and their capital charges for CIOs
26 April 2024The risk-factor charges Hong Kong's CIOs will apply under RBC appeared in a long document today, for various asset classes and risk types
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Zurich's head of responsible investment steps down
23 April 2024Johanna Köb quits insurer after 11-year stint due to battle with long COVID
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SFCRs shine light on German legacy life books, and investments, of Zurich and AXA
16 April 2024Groups have planned, with mixed success, to sell the back-books to consolidators Viridium and Athora, respectively
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Zurich favours US equities over credit despite investor complacency across both asset classes
12 April 2024Market rate cut expectations closer to reality than last year, but cracks beginning to form in the "perfect picture" landing scenario
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Zurich launches first private debt ELTIF
21 March 2024Fund likely to be the first of many
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Brick by brick: Unfolding diversification in US real estate
18 March 2024Peter Teuscher, head of alternative investments at Zurich and CEO of Zurich alternative asset management and Sean Bannon, managing director and head of US real estate investments discuss what it means to be truly diversified in a real estate portfolio, and why it's better to be worried when everyone feels good, and to see opportunity when sentiment is poor.