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Brexit plans fuel Luxembourg fund industry growth
24 January 2019More than half of newly licensed financial services companies are ‘Brexit relocations’
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Crédit Agricole Assurances – a quiet strength
24 January 2019Jean-Jacques Duchamp, deputy chief executive officer of Crédit Agricole Assurances, discusses the group’s asset allocation strategy and why coal is not off its agenda yet. Interview by Vincent Huck
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Alternative asset classes – the answer to a late cycle environment?
21 January 2019JP Morgan Asset Management publishes its inaugural global alternatives outlook
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Global insurers partner with UN and WWF
21 January 2019Plan is to develop industry guide to protect World Heritage Sites through insurers’ risk management, insurance and investment activities
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Geopolitical tensions top short-term risks list - WEF report
16 January 2019Worsening international relations are hindering action across a growing array of serious challenges
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Zimbabwean life insurers overexposed to equities
15 January 2019Local regulator warns against the attractiveness of equities versus insurers’ obligations to pay claims
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EU marketing passport and capital charge requirements misaligned, report finds
14 January 2019Although the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive’s impact was broadly positive
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Unrealised losses on bonds restrict reinsurance sector’s overall return
11 January 2019Investment yield appears to have bottomed-out and showed a small uptick to 2.7% in the first nine months of 2018, according to Aon reinsurance outlook
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European Commission provides the sustainability weapon... ammunition to follow
10 January 2019Investment professionals have given a mixed reaction to draft EU rules on integrating sustainability in the fiduciary duty of investment firms and insurers. These rules are tied to another piece of legislation currently being designed and whose outcome could lead to significant change… or further greenwashing. Vincent Huck reports
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Korea Post Insurance commits $50m to US venture capital fund
09 January 2019Chicago-based Adams Street Partners will manage the VC