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  • Springing back to life - JGB yields help Japan's CIOs repatriate GAs

    01 March 2023

    It's been an awfully long time coming, but yields on long-dated JGBs are becoming genuinely attractive to many Japanese CIOs - maybe for the first time in their careers, David Walker reports

  • JGB yields rising a "probable game change" for Japan's lifers, Fitch says

    08 February 2023

    Sector is already selling off US treasuries

  • Falling yen bolsters Japan lifers' investment results

    09 June 2022

    Fitch expects "robust investment income" in next nine months

  • Japan lifers' investment spread to keep growing, Fitch says

    07 October 2021

    Outsourcing to Europe and US providers part of the reason

  • Asia - how to keep calm in a storm

    13 January 2021

    Asian insurers were the first to suffer from COVID-19, including in their general account investments, but industry practitioners and analysts see a robust industry navigating seemingly endless low rates. David Walker reports