Vincent Huck

• US insurers pulling out of hedge funds

  14 August 2018

  Although insurers tend to have relatively low exposures to hedge funds, in recent years investments in the asset class have dropped amongst US insurers. However, changes in the economic environment suggest this trend could be reversed in the coming years. Vincent Huck reports

  

• MassMutual looking to sell asset manager unit

  10 August 2018

  Deal on OppenheimerFunds could be worth more than $5bn

• Widening spread of Italian debt takes big toll on capital ratios

  10 August 2018

  But hasn’t materially deteriorated insurers’ underlying risk profile, according to Moody’s

• Hannover Re 3.1% RoI for H1 beats expectation

  09 August 2018

  But realised gains and investment income dropped by 36% and 4% respectively

• Munich Re reports 12% drop in investment result in H1

  08 August 2018

  Reinsurer simultaneously announced new climate and divestment policy

• LV= reports negative investment return in H1

  07 August 2018

  Due to losses on hedges protecting the Solvency II balance sheet

• LGIM Real Assets purchases £21m Somerset shopping centre

  07 August 2018

  Local council will lease the centre for 35 years at an initial rent of £717,696 a year

• BlackRock launches ESG emerging market debt funds

  06 August 2018

  With the products expected to spark interest amongst insurers

• Axa IMRA lets London office space to Hiscox

  06 August 2018

  Bermuda based insurer becomes first tenant of Twentytwo building, where it will set its London headquarters

• Pimco opens an office in Taiwan

  06 August 2018

  Taipei is the investment management firm’s fifth office in the region