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Swiss Life increases allocation to real estate
03 March 2017Reports further growth in third party assets under management
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UK student loan book: a political risk worth taking?
03 March 2017The UK government has structured a tranche of the 2002 to 2006 student loan book to make it attractive to insurance investors. Insurers are wary of political risks, however. Callum Tanner reports
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MetLife Investments appoints chief market strategist
02 March 2017Drew Matus replaces Phil Melville
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ETFs entice European insurers
02 March 2017Market volatility, low interest rates and liquidity drive ETF use
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Is the relationship between insurer and asset manager facing disruption?
01 March 2017The relationship between asset manager and insurer could be entering a new era, as WTW attempts to bring investors and managers into a single marketplace via its Asset Management Exchange. Asa Gibson talks to the man hoping to create the Amazon of investment, Oliver Jaegemann.
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China Re blames investment performance in stark profit warning for 2016
01 March 2017Underwriter cautions profitability decline could exceed one-third of 2015 levels
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Nippon Life in maiden overseas project finance loan
01 March 2017Ten-year $100m loan to finance liquefied natural gas project in the US
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Baloise partners with venture capital firm
28 February 2017Will invest in start-ups with strategic relevance, but positive ROI still important
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Insurers' investment styles to be profiled
28 February 2017Consultancy launches software to assign an "investment personality" to insurers
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IFoA to investigate decision-making by investors
28 February 2017Emotional, psychological and political biases among possible topics for research