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  • Solvency II data burden challenging insurance investors

    18 June 2018

    PRA and Eiopa unlikely to have dialogue over data collection issue any time soon

  • Insurers near the end of diversification journey

    11 June 2018

    Firms struggling to find new asset classes to invest in

  • Axa IM attracts insurers to $1.4bn of CLO deals

    02 February 2018

    Axa Investment Managers (Axa IM) has raised $1.4bn in three collateralised loan obligation (CLO) deals over the last 12 months – with insurers accounting for almost a quarter of the total.

  • Tips for insurers and asset managers in 2018

    29 December 2017

    In the second part of this 2018 investment outlook, stakeholders share their views on the negotiating rising rates, inflation and what asset managers should be doing to help insurers. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • A look back and forward

    27 December 2017

    The current year was relatively benign for the insurance investment industry. But 2018 holds new challenges. What risks and what opportunities should investors be looking at in the coming year? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • The risks and rewards of leveraged finance: senior secured loans

    15 December 2017

    With European insurers showing increasing interest in allocating to senior secured loans – a more popular investment for US counterparts – David Turner explores how and why insurers either side of the Atlantic are approaching the asset class.

  • 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

  • Real assets and US-linkers shine against inflationary risk

    15 February 2017

    Inflationary risk on the rise as UK's CPI rate hits 1.8%

  • Mortgaging the future

    10 October 2016

    Insurers are realising gains on fixed-income assets faster than ever before. It is a risky strategy, with little regard for future profitability. Sarfraz Thind reports.

  • Axa Investment Managers hires Price to lead UK insurance solutions

    22 June 2016

    Reports to Mathilde Sauvé, head of institutional solutions