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Overdue, healthy, market correction suggest overblown fear of recession
14 August 2024The recent market correction has been a healthy one that's shaken markets out of their complacency, according to Zurich, and the environment is still supportive of investment in US equities - as long as volatility doesn't stay for too long
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Battery energy storage: Is it ready for primetime?
12 August 2024Insurers seem split on if the time is right to invest in battery energy storage, or if the risks are still too great
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From the Gothic Dom Tower to wind and solar farms, the a.s.r. way
07 August 2024How the dutch insurer is navigating its way through renewables investing in the Netherlands
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APAC insurance groups reveal better investment outcomes for Bermudian subsidiaries
05 August 2024From outsourcing to equity beta data to income leaps, APAC-owned Bermudians reported on an investment job well done, in 2023
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Maintaining stability in an unstable world
01 August 2024Andy Kleeman, senior managing director and co-head of private fixed income for Sun Life Capital Management, discusses some of the interesting new developments in the investment grade private credit space.
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APAC Weekly - What Japan's insurers are about to learn, from Robert the Bruce and a spider
30 July 2024In Japan both lifers and general insurers are facing monumental changes from unwinds of strategic investments underway
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Double act part 2: Do insurers need to start reassessing their liabilities versus assets position as rates stay higher for longer?
29 July 2024AllianceBernstein's new CIO for insurance, Geoff Cornell, and his deputy, Gary Zhu, discuss risk in the second half of the year, the potential for unexpected shocks and how the asset manager is utilising AI to help navigate choppy investment waters.
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M&G's insurance CIO on managing a £1bn office real estate project
24 July 2024Ciaran Mulligan, chief investment officer at M&G's treasury & investment office, discusses how the group's life business' private markets exposure
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Double act: IAR meets AllianceBernstein's first CIO of insurance and his deputy
22 July 2024AllianceBernstein (AB) announced, in April, the appointment of Geoff Cornell, an industry veteran but a company outsider, as its first CIO of insurance.
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Liquidity management in an era of liquidity stress-tests
17 July 2024Amid markets, and politicians delivering never-ending stressors of liquidity, insurers at Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2024 conference discussed how their needs for and measurement of liquidity may have changed in recent years, and the reasons why
- Insurers eyeing private markets, Schroders survey finds
- Complacency is key risk to watch for, Swiss Re's Haegeli warns
- Manulife appoints new CEO
- Aegon UK's head of responsible investment steps down
- Marc Michallet becomes responsible for investment management at R&V
- Hanwha Life gets US financial sector foothold with acquisition
- Growth is a dangerous thing
- Covéa appoints director of social engagement
- Gresham House appoints director of global natural capital
- SLAM acquires London care home for £11.25m