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French insurers supercharge EV battery business

FSP leads multi-billion investment round

AXA IM appoints Andrew Etherington to lead multi-asset total return

Massimo di Tria back in CIO seat at Generali

Taking over as CIO for Italy, Insurance Asset Risk has learnt

US insurers grew CMBS holdings to $293bn in 2022

The 5% uptick comes as wider commercial mortgage market faces downturn

Baloise Germany appoints interim head of investments

After Julia Wiens departure to BaFin where she'll replace Frank Grund

abrdn appoints head of UK institutional and global solutions

Tom Frost joins from Voya Investment Management

Dortmunder draws on 'bank of mum and dad' for ETF programme

German hedges FX risk of its ETFs

CIOs to fasten seatbelts for bumpy landing as Fed spots runway

"The Fed won't hike rates next week," former president of Kansas City Fed predicts. While asset owners are at odds on the likelihood of a recession and asset managers brace themselves for what will not be a "piece of (cheese)cake"

NAIC notes some insurers "aggressively" taking more risk in CLOs

While exposure to these instruments is expected to have grown by $20bn to $30bn in 2022

NAIC highlights volatility and liquidity as key investment risks

Yet doesn't foresee major changes in insurers' investment strategies