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  • MetLife looks to assuage concerns on CRE portfolio

    05 May 2023

    Estimates maximum default impairments of $15m this year

  • MetLife IM buys Raven Capital for private asset growth

    13 February 2023

    Asset manager focuses on speciality assets including music royalties and film

  • MetLife scores big, anomalous private equity returns

    07 May 2021

    Insurer gains 13.3% on PE as LBO and venture capital investments soar

  • Metlife in risk cutting exercise

    17 December 2019

    Insurer hit by low rates on new investments, says CIO Goulart

  • Insurers and asset managers: a relationship in turmoil

    13 September 2018

    The relationship between insurers and their asset manager is evolving, shifted by macroeconomic changes, regulations, fee pressures and new asset dynamics. Insurers say they want more from their asset managers. But more of what precisely? And how are managers responding? IAR asks the industry. By Sarfraz Thind

  • US insurers pulling out of hedge funds

    14 August 2018

    Although insurers tend to have relatively low exposures to hedge funds, in recent years investments in the asset class have dropped amongst US insurers. However, changes in the economic environment suggest this trend could be reversed in the coming years. Vincent Huck reports

  • MetLife prioritises ESG over hedge funds

    11 May 2018

    MetLife's CIO Steve Goulart talks about the continued drive towards ESG investments as well as the company's plan to develop its third-party asset management business. By Paul Walsh and Sarfraz Thind

  • 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

  • The unorthodox CIO behind MetLife's expansion

    25 January 2017

    MetLife's CIO Steve Goulart manages one of the biggest and most diverse insurance asset portfolios in the US. While the insurer is feeling the pinch of low interest rates, its diversification has helped to calm some of the yield pressure. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • MetLife to further reduce hedge fund portfolio

    06 May 2016

    Following disappointing Q1 investment income results