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A new dawn? Contemplating asset strategy anew, after the BOJ's seismic policy shift
06 June 2024At a historic policy inflexion point in Japan - the Bank of Japan raising interest rates and relinquishing its long-held negative-rates stance - Man Group's Max Davies discusses interest rates, duration, FX hedging and CIOs' ongoing hunt for yield with David Walker
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Japan's lifers widened positive investment spread 4% last reporting year
06 June 2024Sector built on super-long JGB holdings to cut rates risk ahead of new rules
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Comment: 'Saving democracy' may be the next ESG investment frontier for CIOs
05 June 2024Underwriters are defending democratic values in words and deeds, will CIOs follow suit?
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Conning upgrades outlook on US states' credit
04 June 2024US insurers still find munis to be "high quality diversifier", manager tells IAR
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German insurers reveal navigating "great difficulties" of property portfolios in 2023
04 June 2024SFCRs also pointed to opportunities created by the ongoing real estate squeeze
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AXA Leben investment income slumps 43% after transfer to AGER Leben
03 June 2024AXA Leben pinpoints Deutsche Beamten Versicherung Leben as backbook spun off
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Tokio Marine to foster climate-linked investment in developing world
03 June 2024Japanese insurer to give private sector investors political risk guarantees
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Impact Capital gets JPY 3bn outsourcing deal from Japan Post Insurance
03 June 2024Allocation follows MOU between insurer and local university
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Round the World with SFCRs - Italy's lapse risk shows no sign of surrendering
03 June 2024A lot of Italians holding life policies made for the exit, early, in 2022, and the pressure on lifers seemed not to ease much in 2023
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Chart of the Week: Around the world with SFCRs - MA delivers capital benefits to UK lifers
31 May 2024As MA reform nears, the adjustment is delivering significant capital benefits to UK insurers