Archive

  • Pimco to securitise £5bn of UKAR mortgages

    30 April 2018

    Pimco and Barclays to securitise recent mortgage purchase to take advantage of investor demand

  • Allianz lends €300m for Apple store acquisition

    27 April 2018

    German insurer Allianz has provided €300m ($362m) to German pension fund Bayerische Versorgung-skammer (BVK) to support the acquisition of a retail asset in Paris, sold by EPI, a French independent investment group.

  • L&G launches affordable housing provider

    27 April 2018

  • Insurance CIOs increase non-traditional allocations

    27 April 2018

    Chief investment officers of several insurers have increased allocation to non-traditional and non-investment grade assets, according to investment firm KKR.

  • PRA threatens section 166 investigations for excessive matching adjustment applications

    26 April 2018

  • Pimco to buy £5bn of collapsed bank mortgages

    26 April 2018

    Pimco, the largest bond fund manager in the world, is to buy £5bn ($5.7bn) of mortgages from collapsed British banks, Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley, according to Sky News.

  • Blackrock, JPMorgan AM and Schroders into second round for Scottish Widows £109bn mandate

    26 April 2018

    BlackRock, JPMorgan Asset Management and Schroders have been invited into a second round of bidding for Scottish Widows' £109bn ($152bn) investment mandate, according to the FT.

  • Aberdeen Standard Investments' CIO's interesting 12 months

    26 April 2018

    Rod Paris, CIO at Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), talks about the company's transformational twelve months following the merger and that cancelled Scottish Widows mandate, likely to cost the company some 20% of its assets. By Sarfraz Thind

  • PIC invests £60m in south London social housing

    26 April 2018

    UK insurer of defined benefit pension funds Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has completed a £60m ($83.6m) debt investment with south London-based housing association Phoenix Community Housing.

  • Solvency II key for insurance-focused asset managers, says Cerulli

    25 April 2018

    Solvency II-relevant investment work remains high on the list of considerations for asset managers, according to a survey of 41 insurers and asset managers by consultancy Cerulli Associates.