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Solvency UK reforms will not be a revolution, but a soft evolution, PIC's CIO Rob Groves says
06 March 2024In the second part of Insurance Asset Risk's interview with Rob Groves, the CIO of Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) talks about the planned reforms to Solvency II in the UK. Will the proposals free his hand to invest in a wider spectrum of assets? Maybe not so much, but there is scope to do things differently.
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UK spring budget: expected record bond issuance key concern for RLAM
06 March 2024RLAM head of rates and cash expects UK chancellor to stick with consensus on tax cuts
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Nippon Life makes recruitment push for investment sales staff
06 March 2024Japanese lifer's affiliate aiming to support Tokyo's national asset management ambitions
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AllianzGI toughens up pay, gender diversity and climate voting policies for 2024
05 March 2024And releases 2023 voting results, having voted on 95,512 shareholder and management proposals
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AllianzGI hires head of equity Europe core and value
05 March 2024Kayvan Vahid joins from UBS Asset Management
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MEAG completes large-scale Finnish forestry transaction
05 March 2024Munich Re's asset manager adds 33,000 hectares to forestry portfolio
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Sompo CFO takes hefty pay-cut in wake of Bigmotor scandal
05 March 2024Masahiro Hamada criticised cross-shareholding in outsourcing partner
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Comment - Is it right when insurers publish details of top staff getting pay-cuts?
05 March 2024From Allianz's Oliver Bäte to Sompo's Mikio Okumura, top managers at insurers realise the importance of broadcasting pay-cuts, when necessary
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Rethinking strategic asset allocation in light of higher inflation
Investors may benefit from revisiting their asset allocations and exploring the risk-reward tradeoffs associated with higher inflation.
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Falling CRE valuations a minimal risk to European insurers, Fitch says
04 March 2024Low average exposure of 4% and good liquidity makes realised CRE losses unlikely in the near term