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French insurers cut allocation to financials’ debt
08 January 2019Regulator reveals French insurers invested €2.5trn in the first half of 2018
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Axa IMRA spends ¥100bn on Japanese logistics assets
08 January 2019Firm forms joint-venture with ESR and acquires five assets in Greater Tokyo and one in Greater Osaka
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Trend towards illiquids here to stay, BlackRock report finds
08 January 2019Two-thirds of surveyed insurers are to increase allocations in real assets, with just under three quarters planning to increase private credit
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Video: Fiduciary duty evolved in light of sustainable finance
08 January 2019Erick Decker, CIO for the Mediterranean and LATAM regions at Axa, tells Vincent Huck how asset managers' fiduciary duty has evolved because of the integration of environmental, social and governance criteria in the investment process.
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Munich Re creates CIO role
07 January 2019On the back of the retirement of both its CFO and its asset manager’s CEO
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Deal round-up: Folksam Group, Nippon Life
07 January 2019Folksam increase share in Volvo, and Nippon Life invests in South Australian windfarm
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UK firms transfer £800bn in assets to Europe ahead of Brexit
07 January 2019According to EY in the UK, since the EU referendum, 20 companies, including six insurers, have announced a transfer of assets out of London to Europe
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M&G Real Estate buys Helsinki office building for €116m
07 January 2019Finnish capital moves up to 10th spot in connectivity ranking as investment in Nordic region reaches €720m
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Californian insurers staking outsized bets on global warmers
07 January 2019Research identifies concentrations in portfolios of state’s underwriters
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Legal & General Capital backs renewables fund
04 January 2019Insurer’s investment affiliate will provide a fifth of the capital in NTR Renewable Income Fund II