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Japan Post slashed foreign bond holdings last year

Joins other Japanese insurers to shun foreign debt as hedging costs mounted in 2022

Dai-ichi Life Insurance to increase real estate investments in 2023

While looking to policy-reserve-matching bonds to reduce interest rate risk

European lapses hit five-year high - but insurers trim cash and liquid assets

Median insurer's bank investments rose to 13.5% of assets in Q4, EIOPA finds

Swiss Life Asset Managers signals UK expansion plans with Mayfair Capital rebrand

Prioritising real estate opportunities amid structural tailwinds

Talanx plays it safe with "low beta" portfolio

Green investments retraced in value, mildly, from €8bn in December

QBE reveals 4.2% running yield in Q1

Current environment unlike anything seen before, investors say

Over half investors polled by Nuveen say they are rethinking portfolio strategy

Northern exposure - equities bestow mixed blessings on Nordic/Scandinavian insurers in 2022

Markets may have dived as rates, geopolitical tension and inflation rocketed, but Scandinavian and Nordic insurers' faith in equities was not always misplaced. David Walker reports

FWD seeks new CFO as Jon Nielsen announces move

Nielsen will stay with FWD until August

Rates-induced corrosion hit govvies and credit in Europe's GA throughout 2022

Direct debt and credit holdings have contacted for eight quarters running