News

• Axa XL acquires New Ocean Capital Management

  20 November 2018

  Acquisition of all third-party ownership interests in its majority-owned affiliate highlights increased focus on alternative assets

• Global economic growth solid but the best is over

  20 November 2018

  Swiss Re chief economist warns of trade wars and central bank policy errors

• Sustainable finance one of the main strategic challenges for insurers, says EIOPA chair

  20 November 2018

  The EU has a long way to go on conduct supervision according to Gabriel Bernadino

• Shareholders like horse-racing bettors, Lord Myners says

  20 November 2018

  Short-termism plagues relationship between asset owners, asset managers and business leaders, the former UK Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury warned

• Generali pension pot to boost AuM

  16 November 2018

  General Global Pension will provide added capital for asset managers to invest

• Spiking default threat for US life insurers, says Moody’s

  16 November 2018

  Insurers who have stretched for yield without appropriate care will be found out

• Asset management profit at NN Group falls by €2m

  15 November 2018

  Dutch insurer hit by lower fees for asset management in Q3 2018

• External AuM down by £7.6bn at Prudential

  15 November 2018

  Loss of a single mandate leads M&G Prudential to net outflow of £5.6bn

• IASB votes for IFRS 17 and 9 delay

  14 November 2018

  Insurers get more time to implement accounting standards

• South Korean insurers look to alternative assets to improve returns

  14 November 2018

  Low interest rates have driven insurers to increase exposure to asset classes such as infrastructure real estate