Archive

  • Global diversified insurers maintain investment returns

    17 October 2014

    Risk profile and strategic allocation remain largely unchanged, says S&P

  • The pros and cons of managing insurers' assets in-house

    17 October 2014

    External management of an insurer's assets may give the company more flexibility, but does it necessarily produce good results? Sarfraz Thind investigates

  • Wilton Re to acquire Aegon's Canadian businesses

    16 October 2014

    Investment management and mutual fund units included

  • Fitch decries proposed cut in SII ABS charges

    16 October 2014

    EC has ignored variations in risk and made it harder to structure deals

  • PRA unimpressed by insurers' arguments on matching adjustment

    16 October 2014

    Regulator says "no" to equity-release mortgages and limits benefits for other asset classes

  • MetLife expands Brazilian agricultural loan portfolio

    16 October 2014

    $150m deal for Amaggi follows investments in Seattle industrial parks and Copenhagen airport

  • Swiss Re's infrastructure allocation is "ridiculously low" says CEO

    15 October 2014

    Michel Liès urges reform of asset class

  • Old Mutual Global Investors hires absolute return team

    15 October 2014

    Six people join from Ignis

  • Allstate hires Russ Mayerfeld to lead alternatives

    15 October 2014

    Will oversee private equity, infrastructure, real estate investments

  • Buy-and-maintain strategies attract insurers' interest

    14 October 2014

    Some insurers are looking at buy-and-maintain strategies because of claims that they can increase yield without taking on too much credit risk and reduce transaction costs. Hardeep Dhillon looks at the arguments