Archive

  • China's insurance asset managers reveal their confidence in equities, fixed interest and macro variables

    02 February 2024

    China Insurance AM Association has published Q1 2024 survey of sector

  • Chart of the Week - As a €21bn deal is scuppered by BaFin, have PE owners run out of road for life book sales?

    02 February 2024

    German regulator's refusal to Zurich and Viridium seems bad news for insurers owned by PE

  • German backbook deals and run-offs - a €150bn asset industry since 2014

    01 February 2024

    Moody's examined 14 deals, completed, pending and scuttled

  • MetLife projects PE returns down for 2024 as variable investment income drops to $419m in 2023

    01 February 2024

    FY23 results see variable investment income miss £2bn target and pale compared to recurring income

  • MedVida Partners acquires insurance portfolio from Metrópolis

    01 February 2024

    Metrópolis divests its insurance business to focus on asset management, brokerage and real estate

  • Inflation and high rates not going away soon, RLAM says

    01 February 2024

    Senior economist and head of multi asset at affiliate say central banks unlikely to drop their guard on inflation quickly, as BoE votes to keep rate at 5.25%

  • Meiji Yasuda Life makes locally-beneficial fund investment

    01 February 2024

    JPY 5bn invested in equity investment trust established and run by affiliate Meiji Yasuda AM

  • Comment - BaFin holds cards (close to its chest) in future of German life-book consolidation

    01 February 2024

    PE part-ownership of Viridium seems to have informed regulator's rejection of Zurich deal

  • NZAOA elects five co-leads of five working tracks

    01 February 2024

    Four of the newly-elected leaders come from insurers

  • Insurers sign-up to sustainability principles charter for BPA deals

    31 January 2024

    Aviva, Rothesay and L&G are among charter's signatories