Sarfraz Thind

• Anbang to get $10bn rescue injection from industry fund

  04 April 2018

  Bailout to support troubled insurer

• What next for Scottish Widows' asset portfolio?

  28 March 2018

  Scottish Widows' decision to dump asset manager Aberdeen marked a rare public announcement by an insurer to change third-party managers. Gavin Stewart, director of asset allocation at Scottish Widows, shares insights on its next asset manager selection process with Sarfraz Thind

  

• Achmea posts higher income on equity, real estate investments

  22 March 2018

  Achmea increased the income from its investment portfolio by €100m ($123m) in 2017, driven by higher realised gains in its equity portfolio and positive revaluations in the real estate portfolio, the company said today.

• Axa IMRA acquires commercial development in Munich

  21 March 2018

  Axa Investment Managers - Real Assets (AXA IMRA) has acquired a commercial development in Munich, Germany, from TREI, the real estate platform of the Tengelmann Group.

• Aberdeen Standard in €1bn private equity venture with 21 Partners

  20 March 2018

  Aberdeen Standard Investments has partnered with European buyout firm 21 Partners to set up a €1bn ($1.2bn) private equity fund called 21 Aberdeen Standard Investments (21ASI) to be launched later this year.

• Blackstone hires former FIO chief to insurance solutions business

  19 March 2018

  US investment management firm Blackstone has appointed Michael McRaith as managing director for its insurance solutions unit.

• PGIM Real Estate Finance and NYSTRS acquire 146-property portfolio for $1.1bn

  19 March 2018

  PGIM Real Estate, the real estate business of Prudential Financial, and the New York State Teachers' Retirement System (NYSTRS) have provided $1.1bn for the acquisition of a 146-property industrial portfolio.

• Phoenix ready to step into bulk purchase annuity market

  15 March 2018

  Phoenix Group, a UK consolidator of closed life insurance business, is in exclusive talks for its first bulk purchase annuity transaction.

• Prudential spins off M&G Prudential

  14 March 2018

  Prudential is to separate its UK and European and global businesses, resulting in two separately-listed companies "with different investment characteristics and opportunities."

• ETFs for sale

  26 January 2018

  Insurers have been investing in exchange-traded funds (ETF) for some time. But issuing ETFs is a new phenomenon. This idea is currently taking hold in the US and it seems likely to continue to grow as the ETF market expands. So what are the benefits? Sarfraz Thind reports