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Insurers stick with bonds despite ECB buying spree
26 March 2015The launch of QE has sent bond yields tumbling but duration mismatches and capital charges on alternatives discourage reallocation, explains Hugo Coelho
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Investment income boost China Life profits
25 March 2015Increase allocations to equities and high-grade bonds
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Risk-weighting sovereign bonds would add €80bn to EU insurers' capital
23 March 2015ESRB report recognises distortion in Solvency II regime
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Talanx puts more into corporate bonds and infrastructure
23 March 2015Making up for shrinking government bond yields
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Nippon Life Insurance announces investment drive
20 March 2015Plans to increase earnings overseas
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Investment risk issues highlighted by Taiwan Ratings
19 March 2015Taiwanese life insurers face possible downgrades
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Metlife invests in Irish real estate deal
18 March 2015Commercial mortgage loan for four Dublin properties
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Hill spells out insurers' role in European long-term projects
18 March 2015Capital Markets Union will provide framework for infrastructure investment
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PineBridge seeks new CEO
18 March 2015Jiang resigns, interim CEO steps in
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How insurers can make fixed income work harder
18 March 2015Diversifying portfolios into new sectors and markets within fixed income is just one approach that can help insurance companies squeeze out better returns in an environment dominated by low yields and tighter capital demands from regulators, argues Euan MacLaren