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Insurers face up to the asset test of Solvency II
23 September 2015As solvency ratios come under pressure and the introduction of Solvency II with its higher capital charges for some asset classes looms, insurers are taking a hard look at the risk in their asset portfolios, as Sarfraz Thind explains
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Zurich buys Hamburg office complex
22 September 2015Price reported to be €270m
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L&G invests in £400m Cardiff regeneration project
22 September 2015Part of firm's £1.5bn goal for co-investment beyond London
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M&G and Standard Life agree warehouse and retail park investments
18 September 2015One in north-west England, the other in Stockholm
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New York Life IM creates CIO position
18 September 2015Jae Yoon, head of strategic asset allocation, takes on additional role
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Outsourced insurance assets to grow 8.1% p.a. in next four years
16 September 2015This despite big decline in new mandates in H1 2015, says Insurance Asset Outsourcing Exchange
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Axa invests in Madrid real estate and African infrastructure
16 September 2015Axa Real Estate Investment Managers, on behalf of one of its clients, is to undertake an extensive redevelopment of over half of the 60,000 sq m Prado office complex in Madrid, which was acquired in 2005.
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The modelling challenges in absolute return strategies
16 September 2015Absolute return strategies offer promising risk-adjusted returns and capital efficiencies, but do you need an internal model to gain the benefit and what other complexities are created? Experts discuss in part two of this InsuranceERM/Insurance Asset Risk and Standard Life Investments roundtable
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Lummert joins JPMAM from NN
15 September 2015Stefan Lummert to lead insurance advisory in Germany and Austria
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Talanx claims breakthrough deal for offshore wind farm
14 September 2015German insurer leads green bond and could invest up to €5bn in alternatives