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- Increasing number of US insurers outsourcing investment portfolios
- Just Group acquired by BWS in £2.4bn deal
- Non-US insurers on 'Sell America' trend with trade policy accelerating the shift
- Just Group sourced 80% of its £1bn illiquid investments internally during H1
- Royal London hits £1bn BPA milestone
Just Group acquired by BWS in £2.4bn deal
Just Group has been acquired by insurer Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BWS) in a £2.4bn transaction
Non-US insurers on 'Sell America' trend with trade policy accelerating the shift
Non-US insurers are divesting from the US with trade policy accelerating the shift, new analysis from Clearwater Analytics has revealed
Just Group sourced 80% of its £1bn illiquid investments internally during H1
Just Group sourced 80% of its £1bn of illiquid investments internally during H1 2025, its latest financial results have revealed
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Insurance Asset Management Conference back for 2025
Following its huge success in previous years, the Insurance Asset Management Conference is back for 2025 and is one not to be missed
L&G profits climb 6% in H1
Legal & General (L&G) has posted a 6% jump in core operating profit to £859m in its opening half results
WCF Ltd Scheme completes £7.2m buy-in with L&G
The WCF Ltd Staff Retirement Benefits Scheme has completed a £7.2m buy-in with Legal & General (L&G), securing benefits for its remaining 122 deferred members
Royal London hits £1bn BPA milestone
Royal London completed eight bulk purchase annuity (BPA) buy-ins in the first half of the year, securing £658m of premiums, with total premiums since launch now surpassing the £1bn milestone, its interim results have revealed
Institutional investor risk appetite hits five-year high
Institutional risk appetite continued to climb in July, with the State Street Risk Appetite Index rising to +0.54 – its highest level since November 2020
Risks in European insurance sector stable
Risks in the European insurance sector are stable at a medium level, EIOPA’s July 2025 Insurance Risk Dashboard based on Q1 2025 Solvency II data and Q2 2025 market data has revealed
BoE cuts interest rates to 4%
The Bank of England (BoE) has announced a 0.25% cut to its base rate to bring interest rates down to 4%
Latest Features
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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