News

• China's regulator tightens rules on local government debt

  18 January 2018

  Chinese insurers have been ordered to check their local government debt holdings and rectify any non-compliance as the state seeks to clampdown on illicit government borrowing

• Bitcoin speculation "emblematic of wider asset bubble"

  17 January 2018

  The soaring value of bitcoin illustrates a wider picture of asset bubbles that threaten global economic stability, according to Rick Samans, head of global agenda at the World Economic Forum.

• AMP affiliate taps Fidelity arm for financial officer

  17 January 2018

  John Moorhead will also be AMP Capital chief operating officer

• Axa IMRA grows US portfolio with Washington, DC office

  15 January 2018

  Fourth US property deal in past six months

• Allianz and L&G reveal DB pensions asset data in SFCR narrative reports

  15 January 2018

  Two of Europe's largest insurers gave detailed insight into DB plans

• Two weeks to enter the inaugural Insurance Asset Risk Awards

  12 January 2018

  Insurers and asset managers have two weeks left to complete their entries

• Market risk concentrated among six UK non-life players, analysis finds

  12 January 2018

  Insurance Risk Data unearths extra investment data in SFCRs

• Aegon's US affordable housing debt fund fully subscribed

  12 January 2018

  Aegon's $100m US affordable housing debt fund, offered through its US real estate advisory business, has been fully subscribed

• L&G hires land and planning expert to expand housing capabilities

  11 January 2018

  Sebastian Balcombe joins as insurer has more than 80,000 homes in pipeline

• Foresters Friendly poaches Pistarino from Aviva Investors for CIO role

  10 January 2018

  Corrado Pistarino joins from Aviva Investors, where he was most recently head of insurance LDI