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- Institutional investors increase allocations to private infra and private real estate
- Phoenix reports 31% boost in annual profit
- Consortium including Allianz, BlackRock and T&D Holdings to acquire Viridium for €3.5bn
- PIC completes largest ever total of new business premiums
- China's Ping An Insurance posts 48% rise in 2024 profit
Phoenix reports 31% boost in annual profit
Phoenix Group has announced a 31% jump in IFRS adjusted operating profit to £825m in 2024, up from £629m last year
Consortium including Allianz, BlackRock and T&D Holdings to acquire Viridium for €3.5bn
A consortium including Allianz, BlackRock and T&D Holdings will acquire ownership of Viridium Group (Viridium) from Cinven for around €3.5bn
PIC completes largest ever total of new business premiums
Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) completed its largest ever total of new business premiums in 2024 at £8.1bn, according to its latest result for the 12 months to 31 December
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WTW appoints new global CIO
Towers Watson, a WTW business (NASDAQ), has appointed Jon Pliner as global chief investment officer (CIO)
Record 299 buy-ins completed in 2024
A total of 299 defined benefit (DB) pension scheme buy-ins were completed in 2024, marking the largest ever number of transactions completed in a single year, analysis from Hymans Robertson has confirmed
China’s insurers to invest $14bn in equities
China’s state-owned life insurers could inject over $14bn (CNY100bn) into the country’s equity markets if a Government directive requiring 30% of new premiums to be invested in stocks is fully implemented, new analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence has revealed
China's Ping An Insurance posts 48% rise in 2024 profit
China's Ping An reported a 47.8% rise in its net profit last year, driven by growth in its life and health insurance business as demand recovered
Elo annual report shows ‘consistency is the key to sustainability’
The 2024 annual sustainability report of Finnish earnings-related pension provider Elo shows "consistency is the key to sustainability," according to its chief financial officer, Sarianne Kirvesmäki
European insurance M&A market ‘on fire’
European insurance M&A activity continued to increase in 2024 and record volumes were reached again, with 694 deals announced (compared with 574 in 2023 and 435 in 2022), an increase of more than 20%, FTI Consulting’s latest European Insurance M&A Barometer has revealed
Anglo American completes combined £785m buy-in with L&G
Anglo American Services (UK) has completed a £785m combined buy-in with Legal & General Assurance Society (L&G) for three of its defined benefit (DB) schemes: The Tarmac UK Pension Scheme, the Tarmac ‘B’ Pension Scheme and the Anglo UK Pension Scheme
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Sustainability stays strong in emerging debt markets
In an otherwise ugly environment for bond issuers and investors, the future for emerging market debt looks unquestionably green
Time for insurers to embrace the ESG opportunity
Sustainability is rapidly becoming a core focus in investment strategies and access to reliable data is key to putting money to work with the right fund managers
Bond investors need to understand the volatility cycle
Fixed income markets have become increasingly volatile, a trend that looks set to continue. Investors need to adapt themselves
Strategic Credit: a nimble approach for an uncertain world
What are the advantages of active credit allocation in portfolios now that government bonds no longer serve their traditional purpose?
Schroders Global Investor Insights Survey
Adam Cadle talks to Debbie McKay, Insurance Strategist on the themes uncovered in Schroders’ global survey of 200+ insurance companies
Navigating credit markets
Adam Cadle speaks to Jon Mawby, Head of Investment Grade Credit at Pictet Asset Management, about navigating the credit markets given yields have fallen to low levels over the past decades, whilst interest rate duration risk has continued to rise.
Opportunities in alternative fixed income
Adam Cadle speaks to Frank Meijer, Head of Alternative Fixed Income at Aegon Asset Management, about the key opportunities within the alternative fixed income space and how insurers can access these.
Why are government bonds so important when thinking about climate change?
Adam Cadle speaks to Dr Laura Ryan, Head of Research, Ardea Investment Management, about the importance of government bonds and climate change, and how the scope of impact and potential for change couldn't be greater
Expert Views
How can we rethink insurance investment to solve the complexity challenge?
The model of insurance investing has been upended since the financial crisis by a confluence of
challenges. New assets, strategies and partnerships have the potential to help insurers
cut through this complexity and deliver sustainable solutions
Expert Views
New Rules, New opportunities: A return to European ABS for insurers?
At the height of the global financial crisis, insurance company investors withdrew from
the securitised debt market and sold down their asset-backed securities (ABS) holdings.
But a decade on, new regulation offers the potential for securitised debt to re-emerge
as an attractive investment opportunity for Solvency II-regulated insurers,
believes James King, Fund Manager at M&G Investments
Navigating insurance investment
Adam Cadle talks to Aon partner, Geoff Bauer, about how the firm helps insurers to achieve their objectives
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Growth in capital and surplus of US L/A industry projected at around $48bn
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US P&C insurers achieve record investment income
Japan Post Insurance to invest up to $2bn in reinsurance vehicle
Varma’s real estate investments on track to be CO2 free by 2030
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Understanding Capital Solutions
Adam Cadle talks to HSBC Asset Management’s head of capital solutions, Borja Azpilicueta, and head of insurance business, Deepak Seeburrun, about the firm’s capital solutions proposition.
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