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  • The nitty-gritty of insurers' IMAs with hedge funds

    14 February 2024

    An LP agreement in 2021 of Solasglas Investments and various Greenlight Re entities with hedge fund DME Advisors II, LLC, illuminated variables commonly negotiated between re/insurers and alternative managers.

  • PGIM Real Estate snaps up Italian logistics assets

    14 February 2024

    Also announces leasing agreements for Berlin logistics properties

  • RLAM unmoved by positive UK inflation news

    14 February 2024

    Affiliate's senior economist, Melanie Baker, still not expecting BoE rate cuts until second half of 2024

  • MS&AD and Tokio Marine herald higher interest income

    14 February 2024

    Japanese juggernauts reported December-quarter results today

  • MS&AD units buy world's first transition sovereign bond

    14 February 2024

    Two Japanese insurers are committing JPY 2bn

  • AIG investment income jumps up to 38%, thanks to fixed income and loans

    14 February 2024

    Group reveals holdings from Blackstone to Brookfield

  • India's re/insurance giants improve investment yields, but want less financial risk

    14 February 2024

    GIC Re's investment income topped $1bn while LIC's yields improved

  • Insurers set to ratchet up risk and back private equities in 2024

    14 February 2024

    Insurers are heaping a hearty portion of risk onto their 2024 investment plates, according to a survey from Ortec Finance, as 51% of insurer investment professionals surveyed believe the risk profile of the funds they help to manage has increased over the past 12 months, and 59% expect a further increase in the next 12 months - within which 14% predicting a "dramatic rise".

  • Solvency UK reform should boost insurer lending to real-economy, Mike Eakins says

    13 February 2024

    Changes to matching adjustment should achieve aim of increasing regional investment

  • Insurance asset managers bet on alternatives amid stock volatility

    13 February 2024

    Survey from Carne Group finds 86% of insurance asset managers expect increased risk appetite