News

  • MetLife agrees $250m cash deal for US bond manager

    10 July 2017

    Purchase of Logan Circle Partners to bring the group's total assets under management to $560bn

  • M&G acquires Luxembourg office for €71m

    10 July 2017

    Expects the region's GDP to be strongest in Europe over next five years

  • UK life sector appetite for risk assets to drop by one-third

    07 July 2017

    Bank of England posits influence of Solvency II risk margin as the main driver

  • UK regulator alerted by insurers' eagerness to hit MA 'sweet-spot'

    07 July 2017

    PRA to inspect internal rating capabilities as insurers queue up for MA-friendly, unrated illiquid assets

  • Berkley expects $120m pre-tax gain on property sale

    07 July 2017

    US P&C re/insurer will complete the sale of Washington D.C. property in the third quarter

  • Allianz buys iconic office project for €500m

    06 July 2017

    Real estate investment in Vienna on behalf of several Allianz companies

  • PRA rejects market gripes over NNEG standards

    06 July 2017

    Regulator stands by its 'effective value' methodology to measure embedded value of no negative equity guarantees in restructured equity release mortgages

  • German life underwriters favour funds for new investments

    06 July 2017

    Fund-based investments attracted 43% of fresh allocations made by the sector in 2016

  • Swiss Re integrates ESG screening across entire investment process

    06 July 2017

    Group CIO Guido Fürer hails move as "most meaningful and strategic step" towards its responsible investment goals

  • PRA defends requirement to align internal and external credit rating methodologies

    05 July 2017

    UK regulator publishes supervisory statement on matching adjustment expectations for unrated illiquid assets and equity release mortgages