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  • Japan's CIOs have alternatives managers in their sights

    17 April 2024

    The Bank of Japan may have stolen the limelight last month, but insurance CIOs made headlines as well, with eye-catching allocations to non-mainstream assets and emerging managers

  • CFOs favour stable allocations as concerns over growth persist

    16 April 2024

    Insurers say holdings of illiquid assets unlikely to change in Moody's survey

  • SFCRs shine light on German legacy life books, and investments, of Zurich and AXA

    16 April 2024

    Groups have planned, with mixed success, to sell the back-books to consolidators Viridium and Athora, respectively

  • Aviva reveals make-up of MA investment portfolio

    16 April 2024

    MA assets now represent about 42% of general account

  • PIC completes £50m buy-in of Epson Telford pension scheme

    16 April 2024

    Deal secures benefits for 861 scheme members

  • 95% of UK insurer and pension fund investors expect to add weight to renewables investments over next five years

    16 April 2024

    44% expected to increase allocations by up to 20%, according to a survey from AlphaReal

  • Canada Life Asset Management signs £30m refinancing deal with University of Kent

    16 April 2024

    Transaction is secured against a 50-year leasehold on student accommodation assets

  • Axa IM makes two hires to macroeconomics research team

    16 April 2024

    Hires Gabriella Dickens as G7 economist and Danny Richards as EM Asia economist

  • PGIM Real Estate and Equinix agree $600m data centre JV

    16 April 2024

    Deal represents first investment by asset manager's hyperscale strategy

  • Schroders Capital bulks out private debt and credit alternatives with two hires

    15 April 2024

    Jason Kezelman and Loren Sageser both have past experience at Pimco