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FCA report damns opaque asset management fees and underperformance
28 June 2017A new dawn for industry, say participants, as regulator pushes for all-in fee
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Solvency II filings reveal extent of life insurers' illiquid investments
28 June 2017Insurance Risk Data, the data service offered by the publishers of IAR, examined the QRTs of Europe's largest life companies that together run €1trn of investments and found they had allocated €375.7bn to five illiquid asset classes. David Walker reports
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L&G puts £100m into £1bn UK rolling stock mandate
28 June 2017Deal marks the insurer's second investment into UK rail fleets
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L&G lends £24.5m to refinance commercial property portfolio
27 June 2017Bank-like loan demonstrates breadth of firm's lending capabilities, says head of real estate lending
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Los Angeles identified as top city for global real estate investors
26 June 2017London moves up to second on Schroders' latest Global Cities Index, with US cities dominating the top five
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Axa IMRA grows infrastructure equity team
26 June 2017Julien Gailleton will oversee origination and investment execution with a focus on Western Europe
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US infrastructure reforms could encourage foreign investment
23 June 2017But more needs to be achieved before flurry of foreign money can be expected, says LGIM's Lecointe
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Low yields, high cost and underperformance: manager fees under the spotlight
23 June 2017Paying high fees for your asset management is never welcome. In the current low return environment insurers are increasingly having to re-evaluate the charges they pay as fees eat into their profits. And not before time, too. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Technology could boost SME finance
23 June 2017Opportunities for insurers to fill a void left by banks
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US insurer ETF use to grow 86% in next five years, S&P predicts
22 June 2017Move to fixed income ETFs the next biggest trend, rating agency finds