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German watchdog gets tough over 'closet-tracker' funds
06 April 2017New prospectus rules designed to help insurers identify true active management
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Baloise hires two property experts from independent asset managers
06 April 2017Appointments to help Swiss insurer expand sales of investment products
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'Trump effect' and alternatives boost 2016 returns for Lloyd's syndicates
06 April 2017Illiquid credit, equities and hedge funds favoured by some at the expense of sovereign exposure
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Alternatives shine for Lloyd's syndicates
05 April 2017Following the insights gleaned on rising manager fees and falling yields for Lloyd's syndicates, David Walker shines light on the well-performing fraction of alternative investments made by the sector in 2015.
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Investment expenses jumped as yields fell for Lloyd's syndicates
03 April 2017As Lloyd's syndicates begin to report their 2016 results, David Walker looks back at the 2015 figures and finds that investment expenses rose about 10% in 2015, but yields fell almost 40%.
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Vaudoise engineers investment pragmatism into design of life insurance
29 March 2017Swiss group seeks property and mortgages in 2017
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Aviva to sell Friends Provident International, say reports
28 March 2017Chinese buyers said to be circling Channel Islands unit
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German insurers remain committed to fixed income investing
28 March 2017But fund investments ever more favoured for allocations, GDV finds
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Australian fund managers subject to new risk management rules
28 March 2017Regulator spells out mandatory practices for fund managers
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Vaudoise buys local property investment managers in M&A swoop
28 March 2017Swiss insurer plans using Berninvest and Dr Meyer AM for itself, and others