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M&G boosts real estate investment staff
17 November 2015Olivier Vellay hired, Lynn Gilbert promoted
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Prudential and Qatar units buy German retail properties
17 November 2015Joint venture acquires 16 assets in western Germany
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If European securitisation grows, it's likely to be despite EC regulation
17 November 2015Regulation and stasis comes ahead of dynamism and free movement of capital in draft rules from Brussels on securitisation, and there will be a big increase in compliance costs. David Shearer explains
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EU urged to rush cuts in charges on safe securitisations
16 November 2015Amendments to Solvency II cannot wait for agreement on STS directive
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Sifi tag benefits Prudential's asset management arm, says CEO
12 November 2015Comment comes as US-based Prudential Investment Management readies name change
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Axa fund to invest in "unlabelled" as well as labelled green bonds
12 November 2015Axa WF Planet Bonds fund launched ahead of COP21 in Paris
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Consultant-advised global insurance assets stand at over $500bn
11 November 2015North American insurers account for $300bn of this total
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Resolving insurers' current equity dilemma
11 November 2015The search for yield among insurers would suggest some shift to riskier assets such as equities, were it not for impending Solvency II capital charges inhibiting this. But there's still time to take advantage of the equity grandfathering provision, explains Elodie Laugel
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John Hancock buys Californian property
10 November 2015Manulife arm pays $104.5m for Newport Beach office
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Axa IM - Real Assets buys two Finnish forests
10 November 2015Acquired for an Axa insurance company for €7.7m