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  • The puck is going to direct residential lending

    25 April 2022

    US insurers eyeing Dutch-style direct mortgage lending for next step, says Ellington

  • Bodybuilder's hedge fund hires two for insurance push

    11 January 2022

    John Simone will lead insurance team for Ellington

  • The return of private equity

    24 May 2021

    Private equity has been cited as the hottest asset choice for US insurers for a while. This year it seems to be justifying the optimism. Returns have been stellar, but can the asset maintain its position as the alternative of choice? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Insurers need to "decouple" core fixed income managers from specialists

    16 November 2020

    According to Voya IM having one manager running all FI costs the industry valuable return

  • Voya IM hires Tom Frost to head EMEA insurance and pension solutions

    08 July 2020

    Building on growth in US insurance asset management

  • Voya IM chosen by Assurant to manage $6bn of its account

    04 June 2020

    In total US asset manager oversees $210bn of assets

  • The insurance asset management gold rush

    15 March 2017

    Enticed by lucrative revenues, insurers are pushing into the asset management business like never before. Insurer-affiliated managers are currently some of the fastest growing in the world. With regulations and low rates driving increased insurer third-party asset outsourcing, the industry is in a prime position to pick up more business. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Voya IM hires head of insurance sales

    23 September 2014

    Simone joins from JPMorgan AM