Benedicte Gravrand

Articles by Benedicte Gravrand

  • US insurers raise exposure to alternatives

    06 April 2016

    US insurers are increasing their exposure to alternative investments at the expense of allocations to non-performing fixed income portfolios, reports Benedicte Gravrand

  • Anbang to buy Allianz's South Korea units

    06 April 2016

    Chinese insurance group resumes globalisation strategy

  • Solvency II asset data reporting "still chaotic"

    05 April 2016

    First submissions due in May

  • Aviva puts industrial property portfolio on market

    01 April 2016

    Cara portfolio was inherited as part of merger with Friends Life

  • Anbang backs out of Starwood bid

    01 April 2016

    Blames "various market considerations"

  • China Pacific expands third-party assets to boost revenue

    01 April 2016

    Third-party assets' share increased from 6.8% in 2011 to 21.5% in 2015

  • China Taiping profited from higher equity exposure in H1 2015

    01 April 2016

    Investment returns climbed to almost 8%

  • China Life increases equity exposure to compensate for eroding profits

    01 April 2016

    Chinese insurer's investments yielded 6.2% in 2015

  • PICC challenged to reach 2016 investment target

    01 April 2016

    Chinese insurer expects lower returns from debt and equities

  • Japan Post and Dai-ichi Life to merge investment strategy

    31 March 2016

    The two Japanese insurers will also tie up other operations in their new alliance