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- April 24 2019
Japan’s life majors take diverging investment bets
Nippon Life and Dai-ichi Life have differing outlooks on future growth.
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- April 17 2019
Institutional Asset Management Awards 2019: The winners
The winners' list for this year’s awards for asset managers servicing insurers in Asia.
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- April 9 2019
Troubled Anbang sells Korean asset managers
State-controlled Chinese giant has sold assets to Korea's Woori Financial Group.
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- April 5 2019
Putting Chinese bonds on the menu
Insurance portfolios are excited by the potential returns and diversification benefits that are available.
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- April 1 2019
QBE to curtail thermal coal risks by 2030
Australian firm is the latest insurance firm to plan to stop underwriting coal.
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- March 19 2019
Japan Post ramps up ESG equity investments
The Japanese company is looking to help meet UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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- March 14 2019
Zurich’s portfolio avoids 3.4m tons of CO2
The Swiss insurer has been monitoring its green investments with BlackRock.
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- February 11 2019
China’s insurance assets climb to US$2.73 trillion
Build-up of assets shows the importance of insurance to a slowing economy.
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- February 8 2019
Expect a volatile Year of the Pig?
High levels of volatility, as seen at the end of last year, would mean more bad news for insurers’ investment books.
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- December 27 2018
China Taiping to promote Shanghai as research hub
Insurer signs agreement to promote training and data in the Chinese city.
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- December 5 2018
Japan’s insurers on hunt for foreign purchases, says Fitch
Overseas acquisitions will continue next year as part of an effort to diversify from the saturated domestic market.
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- November 23 2018
Anbang seeks exit from US luxury hotel chain
Troubled Chinese insurer is seeking to sell Strategic Hotels & Resorts.
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- October 16 2018
Ping An to increase overseas investments
The Chinese insurer is looking for investments in financial technology and digital health.
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- September 24 2018
Insurers ready to increase risk exposure
Investment returns continue to be a key driver of insurers’ profitability, says BlackRock study.
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- August 27 2018
State Street names Asia Pacific insurance head
Kamal Jandu is tasked with defining and executing its regional insurance services strategy.
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- August 9 2018
Munich Re to quit coal-related investments
It will limit investments in companies that derive more than 30% of their business from burning coal.
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- July 16 2018
China’s Sunshine Insurance joins funding round for Lionbridge
Investment arm Riverhead Capital is funding the leasing services and leasing asset management specialist.
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- June 20 2018
Taiwan to raise overseas investment quota
The country's financial regulator may increase the quota for local insurers that invest in innovative domestic industries.
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- June 15 2018
Fed hike offers mixed blessing
Rising rates benefit dollar bond investors in the long run but signal growing policy divergence in Asia.
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- May 16 2018
Fubon Life’s plan to raise stake in Korea unit still holds
It is determined to carry on with its proposal to raise its share in Hyundai Life Insurance to 62%.
