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PartnerRe announces $60m investment loss in H1
30 July 2018Driven by an increase in risk-free rates in the US and widening of credit spreads in the US and Europe
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World Bank’s launch C$1bn bond to invest in women and young people
30 July 2018Insurance companies, asset managers and pension funds make up 39% of the 40 investors committed to the bond
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Prudential acquires Thai asset manager
26 July 2018Deal includes distribution agreement with Thai TMB Bank
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PIC invests £150m in Heathrow airport
26 July 2018Private bond matches PIC's liabilities years where public bond markets is down
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Crédit Agricole Assurances purchases minority stake in Italian bank
25 July 2018Insurer aims to grow its shareholding to 5% as part of an exclusive partnership with CreVal in the life insurance business
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Allianz Partners acquires Spanish claims management firm
24 July 2018Deal reported to be worth in the region of €300m
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Beazley half year investment returns slide to $8m
20 July 2018Rising US interest rates impacted the insurer’s bond portfolio
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Prudential Capital Group invested $5.3bn in private debt in H1 2018
20 July 2018Strong focus in Latin America sees firm make its first private placement in Peru
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DWS appoints three senior members to its institutional client team
20 July 2018One of which with a strong link to the insurance space
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"Actuaries and asset managers have cultural differences like Chinese and Europeans"- Schroders' Perisse
20 July 2018Ghislain Périssé joined Schroders as head of insurance strategy in the insurance asset management team in May of this year. Previously at Axa Investment Management, Périssé is based out of Paris, but on a visit to London he sat down with Vincent Huck to discuss the cultural rift between actuaries and asset managers. In this first of a two-part article, he also discusses his move, the differences between in-house and third-party insurance asset managers, and how countries' cultures have influenced Solvency II implementation.
