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Unit-linked redefining insurers and asset managers relationship
05 January 2022Insurers are increasingly using unit-linked products in their business mix, with the investment risk transferred to the policyholders what are the implications for the relationships between insurers and asset managers? Vincent Huck reports
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COMMENT - Was one vital ingredient missing in EIOPA's liquidity stress test?
05 January 2022EIOPA business-liquidity stress test for insurers needed very illiquid markets
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CIOs prove their worth in EIOPA's industry liquidity stress test
05 January 2022Only 'management actions' kept net liquidity positions positive in simulated 're-run' of Q1 2020
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Hong Kong's regulator invites lifers to adopt RBC early
04 January 2022Life firm practitioners say RBC is already guiding investment decisions
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Allianz Real Estate enters joint venture with VGP
04 January 2022Targeting logistic assets in central Europe
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Alternatives - the insurers' investment story of 2022, Invesco's Mincier
04 January 2022The asset manager's global head of insurance gives his outlook for next year
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Samsung Life acquires minority stake in Savills IM
04 January 2022Priced at $86m and commit capital of $1bn over the initial term
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EEA insurers' direct property investments dropped in 2020 as uncertainty abounded
03 January 2022Research by Insurance Asset Risk shows a 5% drop to €125.9bn
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Investcorp's field of dreams
03 January 2022Alternatives-asset manager Investcorp has purchased insurer Sunset Life, attracting smaller insurers to what is an increasingly competitive market. And it has some significant models to follow. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Chart of the year - Global insurers' 'Covid exposures' and other measures
31 December 2021In the wash-up from Covid, we reflect on how things were, one year on