Archive

  • Japanese insurers target loan market

    19 April 2017

    Industry turns to financing projects as domestic bond yields remain near-zero

  • M&G acquires ground lease to Edinburgh hotel

    18 April 2017

    City identified as the UK's top earning hotel location outside of London

  • Fokoku's ¥500bn high yield fund play

    18 April 2017

    Insurer outlines plans to counter the bite of negative rates when unhedged foreign debt matures

  • Axa IMRA buys German office on behalf of CNP Assurances

    13 April 2017

    Lack of new development in Hamburg location generating strong demand

  • Climate risk: how insurers are failing to join the dots on the investment side

    12 April 2017

    The quantification of climate-related risks is strategically important for insurers in terms of underwriting and investing performance, but the industry is accused of not leveraging its underwriting expertise to benefit its asset allocation strategy. Environmental Finance's Peter Cripps reports

  • Japanese pension interest in hard assets contagious for insurers, says AMP Capital

    12 April 2017

    Affiliate manager expects global deployment of capital into infrastructure and property

  • Lloyd's syndicates slide down credit spectrum to boost returns

    12 April 2017

    Reduced exposure to sovereign and AAA-rated bonds

  • PIC invests £40m with UK housing provider

    12 April 2017

    Fixed rate 16-year debt adds to £2.5bn directly sourced debt portfolio

  • Pan-European Pensions present opportunity for EU infrastructure investment

    11 April 2017

    Eiopa's Bernardino argues investment is limited by scale not regulation

  • Japanese insurers urged to engage directly as shareholders

    11 April 2017

    Firms have four weeks to comment on revised stewardship guidelines