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  • NN shifts equity strategy as European markets rebound

    31 May 2016

    NN's European HD funds cut consumer defensives exposure in favour of value investments

  • M&G Real Estate buys London private residential development

    31 May 2016

    14 Carmen Street will include 150 open market homes and a commercial space

  • Insurers' battle for EU securitisation certification looks lost

    27 May 2016

    Parliament's rapporteur rejects call for compulsory third-party certification

  • Axa IMRA rounds off busy week

    27 May 2016

    The real estate portfolio manager buys Paris development site, sells Paris office building, and closes venture fund to new investors

  • Prudential Financial: no plans to shake up investments

    27 May 2016

    Mark Grier also told the Financial Times he had scope to adjust how it priced policies

  • Zurkow promoted to head of alternatives at AllianzGI

    26 May 2016

    Claus Fintzen will take on her role as head of infrastructure debt

  • Aegon to divest and exclude coal investments

    26 May 2016

    Exclusion of the fossil fuel resource fits with insurer's sustainability strategy

  • Emerging market debt a logical extension for insurers

    26 May 2016

    The key driver for investing in emerging markets is the search for additional yield, and the hard-currency version seems a better fit for insurers' portfolio. But beware of the sovereign risks associated to some countries. Benedicte Gravrand reports

  • BlackRock, Deutsche, Goldman remain top three insurance asset managers

    25 May 2016

    According to the 2016 insurance investment outsourcing report

  • Axa tobacco exit symptomatic of growing ESG influence

    24 May 2016

    But 'sin' stocks have proven rewarding in tough economic times