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• M&A: tipping the scales

  09 August 2017

  With a squeeze on fees and increased competition, the asset management world is realising the need for scale. Insurers have already started on the M&A trail, but there appears to be much more on the way. Sarfraz Thind reports

• Insurers juggle the attractions and drawbacks of illiquid assets

  12 February 2015

  With quantitative easing reducing the chance of any rise in interest rates soon, insurers are even more interested in higher-yielding illiquid assets to bolster their paltry returns from fixed-income, but Solvency II capital charges remain a problem. Sarfraz Thind reports

• Insurers hope any rate rises will be orderly

  27 August 2014

  Rising interest rates pose a dilemma for insurers. Sarfraz Thind looks at how firms are positioning themselves