Asa Gibson

• Swiss Life hails real estate investments for improved results

  16 August 2017

  Insurer dismisses talk of price bubble given the low interest rate environment

  

• Rumours put John Hancock in frame for $4bn renewables portfolio

  15 August 2017

  US arm of Canadian group Manulife thrown in the hat as a possible suitor to NRG renewables portfolio sell-off

  

• Talanx realises gains to feed ZZR

  14 August 2017

  Follows Allianz and Munich Re in harvesting investment asset gains to finance interest rate volatility buffer

  

• M&G pays €41.5m for Brussels office

  14 August 2017

  Manager attracted to strong macro fundamentals in Europe's capital city

  

• Global real estate returns expected to dip

  11 August 2017

  Industrial properties promise the best return on investment over next four years

  

• Institutional outflows dampen Standard Life's half-year results

  08 August 2017

  Investors are cautious ahead of the insurer's merger with Aberdeen Asset Management

  

• Pimco seals turnaround with record inflows

  07 August 2017

  Single €19bn mandate for world's biggest fixed income manager helps Allianz post record third-party inflows

  

• L&G spots opportunity in UK's retirement housing sector

  04 August 2017

  Market presents 'one of the largest real asset opportunities in the country'

  

• End of the road for ground rents?

  03 August 2017

  Ground rents were talked up as a great diversifier for insurers, with stable and very long term cashflows, but the UK government's consultation paper and media scrutiny in the past week may be a death knell for the asset class. Asa Gibson reports

  

• Broad inflows boost Aviva's investment business

  03 August 2017

  Insurer's fund operating profit rises 45% with increased inflows across fund types