Archive

  • Allianz digs deep for emerging markets infrastructure

    05 October 2016

    Chief executive highlights social and economic rationale for investment

  • Standard Life Investments launches EMD unconstrained SICAV

    05 October 2016

    Manager has scope to invest $100m in more than 70 countries

  • The high yields and low defaults of taxable muni bonds

    05 October 2016

    With a long record of above average returns and strong credit quality, the US's little-known taxable municipal bond market offers non-US insurers a safe route to yield, says Eaton Vance's Michael Sullivan.

  • European insurers flock to SME financing funds

    05 October 2016

    BNP Paribas IP's SME debt fund closes at €500m as firms seek diversified credit holdings

  • Axa IMRA poaches European infrastructure chief from UBS

    04 October 2016

    Firm has "clear ambition" to increase exposure to infrastructure equity

  • Axa IM merges alternative credit and structured finance teams

    04 October 2016

    Combined operation to manage €31bn of assets

  • German insurers keep top spot in Spezialfonds usage

    03 October 2016

    Firms turn to mixed-asset strategies for Spezialfonds allocations

  • MBE launches SCR calculator for fund managers

    03 October 2016

    Dashboard provides insurers with SCR value of individual funds

  • Merger of equals to create $320bn asset manager

    03 October 2016

    Dai-ichi Life to increase stake to 15% as Henderson and Janus Capital merge

  • IMF questions sustainability of Ireland's variable annuities industry

    30 September 2016

    Low rates put product appeal at risk