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Insurers in OECD countries favoured sovereign and corporate bonds in 2017
19 June 2018The asset class accounts for more than half of the insurers’ investments in 34 of the 42 countries monitored
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Argentina woes: if you get all tangled up, just tango on
19 June 2018Soaring interest rates and economic turmoil are causing problems for Argentine insurers, and they must also adapt to new rules preventing them from investing in their favourite financial instrument. Vincent Huck reports
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Axa IM announces new operating model
19 June 2018Plans include 210 jobs cut and €100m investments
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Axa IMRA sells City of London building for £650m
18 June 2018Singaporean listed company acquires Ropemaker Place
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German insurers regain top spot for Spezialfonds
18 June 2018Allianz affiliates are dominant providers of bespoke structure
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Solvency II data burden challenging insurance investors
18 June 2018PRA and Eiopa unlikely to have dialogue over data collection issue any time soon
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Allianz GI vice-chair calls for a common language around impact investing
15 June 2018Elizabeth Corley wants to bridge the gap between financial and non-financial returns
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Allianz's CIO talks: "I didn't come here to radically change things."
15 June 2018Like Germany's national football team, Allianz is one of the most well-structured and led companies in the world. Come the final shake-up you know it will be there or thereabouts. In a two-part series Allianz's CIO, Carsten Quitter, speaks to Insurance Asset Risk some three years after his predecessor Andres Gruber told of his challenges. By Sarfraz Thind
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LGIM poaches head of Asia-Pac from SLA
15 June 2018David Peng joins LGIM as head of Asia Pacific ex Japan
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L&G strikes loan and pensions de-risking deal with Heathrow Airport
15 June 2018The insurer will take £325m of pension liabilities and will lend £160m in bond