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  • Chart of the Week - Real rates still negative, in 2050

    31 March 2023

    German academics predict 'lower for longer' might not have gone away

  • UK insurers unlikely to take 'material losses' from commercial real estate, Jefferies says

    31 March 2023

    CRE exposure concerns creep into insurance investment market

  • Asia's insurers cut FX hedging to "maintain profitability," says S&P Global

    31 March 2023

    Costs of FX protection could erode earnings, and capital of some

  • US insurers reduced fixed income ETFs by $1bn last year

    30 March 2023

    Risk off environment sees insurers pull money from high yield ETF holdings

  • Athora Netherlands grows investment returns by €145m in 2022 despite own assets dropping €8.5bn

    30 March 2023

    As a result of new strategy repositioning towards higher-yield assets

  • BlackRock, abrdn and Schroders pick up Scottish Widows environmental outsourcing gigs

    30 March 2023

    Including Environmental Solutions fund and three new Paris-aligned regional equities funds

  • Insurers welcome UK's updated green finance strategy

    30 March 2023

    In particular making transition plan disclosures mandatory

  • Dai-ichi slashes foreign debt exposure as currency hedging costs spike

    30 March 2023

    Insurer shrunk foreign debt portfolio to 8.6% last year from 19% in 2021

  • NZAOA releases guidance for oil and gas investments

    29 March 2023

    Reclaim Finance criticises paper as "a great leap backward" for the Alliance

  • HansaInvest Real Assets welcomes rates "great normalisation"

    29 March 2023

    Exit from ultra-low rates spells "return to sensible times", Nicholas Brinkmann says