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The BBB effect: apocalypse or opportunity?
12 March 2019US insurers are holding bigger volumes of BBB-rated corporate debt than at any time in the past. A turning credit cycle could tip significant amounts of these to junk. But while the headline figures look startling, is this really a precursor to the apocalypse or just another bad news story? Sarfraz Thind reports
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GE seeks riskier assets to prop insurance business
12 March 2019Junk bonds, infrastructure debt and equities on buy-list
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Deals Round-up: 12 March 2019
12 March 2019Legal & General Capital, Generali, Axa Investment Managers, Metlife Investment Management
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Insurance Asset Risk award winners conquer London’s heights
11 March 2019Photos and list of winners from the prestigious Insurance Asset Risk 2019 awards ceremony
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Regulation key to unlock greener investments, ABI says
11 March 2019UK trade body responds to FCA’s discussion paper on climate change and green finance
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Commission lowers Solvency II charges for equity and private debt
08 March 2019Amendments to enable support for SMEs and long-term funding of the EU economy
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Hannover Re undershoots 2017 investment result with 3.2%
07 March 2019Group sets yet lower target for 2019
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Assets in Aviva Investors funds fall by £2.3bn in challenging year
07 March 2019MiFID II blamed for operating profit drop
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French insurers partner up for major unlisted SME funding initiative
07 March 2019From Axa France to BNP Paribas Cardif and CNP Assurances, France’s largest have helped unlock €22.2bn of fund-based investments for French small caps. Their early-stage returns may be unclear. But their ambitions for the next phase of their investment is only the greater, the heavy hitters tell Vincent Huck
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Legal & General direct investment grows 34%
06 March 2019Asset management unit achieved the milestone of more than £1trn of assets under management