Archive

  • Investment expenses jumped as yields fell for Lloyd's syndicates

    03 April 2017

    As Lloyd's syndicates begin to report their 2016 results, David Walker looks back at the 2015 figures and finds that investment expenses rose about 10% in 2015, but yields fell almost 40%.

  • Prudential wins fight for Bradford and Bingley loans

    31 March 2017

    Buys alongside Blackstone in £11.8bn government sell off

  • Sales incentives to face scrutiny in 2017 says AMP Capital's ESG report

    31 March 2017

    Argues that firms should structure rewards beyond financial targets

  • Low interest rates top concern for insurance CIOs

    30 March 2017

    Ever increasing demand for less liquid strategies, says Axa IM

  • AIA picks Eagle's data platform for investment book

    30 March 2017

    Insurer hoping to improve operational efficiency and data integrity

  • Ease Solvency II capital requirements on infrastructure, says TSC MP

    30 March 2017

    George Kerevan wants Australian levels of pension business investment

  • Vaudoise engineers investment pragmatism into design of life insurance

    29 March 2017

    Swiss group seeks property and mortgages in 2017

  • The Solvency II mandate race

    29 March 2017

    Solvency II has turbo-boosted the move to insurance asset outsourcing. Asset managers are beefing up their capabilities to win market share—but what can you do to make yourself stand out from the crowd? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Chinese insurers ordered to submit bond trading records to regulator

    29 March 2017

    Circ concerned by rising credit risks in "default-prone period"

  • Aviva to sell Friends Provident International, say reports

    28 March 2017

    Chinese buyers said to be circling Channel Islands unit