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Axa acquires 14 UK retirement villages

European insurers raise allocations to factor strategies

Regulator reveals Belgian insurers' links to shadow banking

Belgium's financial regulator and national bank have calculated an exposure by insurers to shadow banks of €47bn ($55bn), representing one-third of the assets in the nation's parallel banking system.

RLAM launches £2.7bn UK property fund

Two-thirds of properties invested in London

JPMAM bolsters insurance team with three appointments

Folksam CIO: "There is simply no reason not to continue investing in green bonds"

Michael Kjeller, chief investment officer of Swedish pensions and insurance provider Folksam, discusses his firm's decision to raise its target for green bond investment

Aberdeen Standard invests in Dutch gas infrastructure

Allianz makes first logistics investment in Japan

The $100m allocation complements recent European commercial property loan

Allianz sells Korean investment business to Anbang

Insurers target improved ALM and private assets to enhance investment profits

Blackrock's 2017 Global Insurance Survey reveals some telling figures regarding insurers' attitudes towards the role of the investment function, and how they plan to manipulate their activities to improve profitability. Asa Gibson reports