Archive

  • Volatility adjustment change encourages Allianz to buy corporate bonds

    11 November 2016

    Inclusion of unit-linked assets in reference portfolio reduces sovereign discounting

  • Generali to spearhead investment sales with volatility-controlled strategies

    11 November 2016

    Reveals rich pickings from unit-linked sales

  • Zurich reports rising investment income for Q3

    10 November 2016

    Thanks to inflation/FX benefit

  • Can investment consultants build a bridge to insurers?

    09 November 2016

    Chief investment officers tell many tales of incompetent and tactless advisors, but admit they do sometimes need help navigating the investment landscape. David Walker investigates the future of the relationship

  • Swiss Life puts brave face on yields in "persistently tough" markets

    09 November 2016

    Insurer highlights non-insurance business

  • PIC invests £35m in social housing

    09 November 2016

    Funding helps provide 330 new properties in UK

  • Trump win could spark volatility in US treasuries

    09 November 2016

    US now less likely to normalise interest rates, argues Hermes

  • EU's €400m venture capital fund hopes to attract insurer interest

    08 November 2016

    VC funds often too small for larger investors to bother with

  • Direct Line sells £350m securitised credit portfolio

    08 November 2016

    Cites Solvency II requirements and disappointing returns

  • Think outside the box with private credit

    07 November 2016

    The time has come for insurance companies to move from window-shoppers to genuine private credit investors and grab some rare yield pick-up, say AB's Arnaud Mounier and Roger Cozzi