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Standard Life Investments to build infrastructure debt team
07 October 2014Hires Jeremy Allcock to head it
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Chinese insurer buys Waldorf Astoria New York
07 October 2014And Manulife plans tower project in Montreal
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Insurers plan bigger allocations to real estate and infrastructure
06 October 2014These are the two leading asset classes favoured by insurers as a BlackRock survey shows one in three firms plans to increase their risk appetite over the next three years
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European life insurers help push down US long-end yields
06 October 2014J P Morgan Asset Management cites knock-on effect
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Neuberger Berman to buy credit investment specialist
02 October 2014Orchard Square Partners changes hands
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Asset data reporting deadlines for Solvency II need addressing now
02 October 2014Even though full implementation of Solvency II on 1 January 2016 may seem distant, insurers need to confront the challenges of regulatory reporting of asset data now and formalise procedures, as there is no time to be wasted. Chris Johnson, senior product manager, market data services, HSBC Securities Services explains
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Risk and performance analytics need to keep pace with investment portfolios
01 October 2014Growing complexity creates new technology demands, State Street survey finds
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Insurers model default risk to maximise MA benefit
30 September 2014Towers Watson survey shows industry split over asset eligibility
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Skimpy yields drive insurers up the risk spectrum
29 September 2014BlackRock study confirms CIOs' appetite for real estate debt and infrastructure assets
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Ivascyn replaces Gross as Pimco's group CIO
29 September 2014No change in approach; Allianz "won't sell"; Balls now global CIO