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  • US Outlook 2020: an encore for investors

    15 January 2020

    Many had bet on the market staging a final whimper last year before recession. But the talk of a global downturn suddenly vanished in the last few months of 2019. Now investors are looking at the market with rosy spectacles and hoping for more rewards in 2020. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Rating agencies' 2020 outlook: stable at best

    15 January 2020

    While Moody's and S&P's 2020 outlooks for the European insurance industry differ, both predict challenging times ahead for European underwriters. Vincent Huck reports

  • Insurer investments with BlackRock set to exit fossil fuels

    15 January 2020

    Larry Fink signals stronger shareholder engagement and better ESG reporting

  • Blackstone hires head of insurance solutions business

    14 January 2020

    Former CIO of Global Atlantic Gilles Dellaert replaces Chris Blunt

  • Late cycle no time to be a hero, says Aegon AM

    14 January 2020

    Politics and trade two biggest risks to US investors this year

  • Apollo loans $800m to clean energy company

    14 January 2020

    New Fortress investment represents commitment to ESG

  • Barings acquires Spanish supermarket portfolio for €73.4m

    14 January 2020

    MassMutual's affiliate said it would target other such assets in Spain

  • Solvency II ratios could tumble by 70pp in 2020 review

    14 January 2020

    S&P analyses Eiopa's proposals in the upcoming review

  • Australia's AAA rating untouched by fires - for now

    14 January 2020

    Moody's reserves right to review, as climate change threatens €4.3bn of GA investments

  • M&G Real Estate appoints joint agents for 'Gotham City'

    14 January 2020

    London office complex scheme had been stalled