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AXA IM Alts committed $174m in 2020 to impact investing

Royal London's journey into commercial real estate loans for MA portfolio

UK insurer has a "constructive dialogue" with the PRA regarding its MA application, and hopes commercial real estate loans will form part of its MA portfolio, Insurance Asset Risk has learnt. Vincent Huck reports

Financial sector better geared for recovery than in 2008

M&G Real Estate head of property research draws comparison with today's crisis

PGIM Real Estate acquires second UK residential asset

EM won't come back to pre-pandemic level before 2022

EEA insurers had €142bn invested in EM sovereigns at year-end 2020

Korean insurers coming back home

As yield from domestic sovereign bonds rises

French economist calls current system for financing the economy "absurd"

French insurer association president highlights the political nature of Solvency II

Arch Capital Group appoints Amundi fixed income head as CIO

Christine Todd takes over from W. Preston Hutchings who is retiring later this year

Dutch firms call for greater leeway in equity investments

As well as changes in ECB's interest rates policy and more green bonds issuances

The return of private equity

Private equity has been cited as the hottest asset choice for US insurers for a while. This year it seems to be justifying the optimism. Returns have been stellar, but can the asset maintain its position as the alternative of choice? Sarfraz Thind reports