Industry Segments: Asset Management Page 9 / 25
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- October 5 2017
Japanese life insurers seek to acquire global asset managers
Challenging returns at home prompt Japanese majors to seek opportunities and expertise abroad.
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- October 4 2017
Assets of China’s foreign-funded insurers growing
Insurance companies funded by foreign capital registered total assets of over Rmb1tn, says CIRC.
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- October 2 2017
Taiwan insurers advised to hedge forex risk
The Taiwan Futures Exchange has urged insurers to minimise the effects of a drop in the US dollar’s value.
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- September 29 2017
Vietnam market remains upbeat
Sustained product awareness and continued economic expansion have helped premiums to grow 21%.
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- September 29 2017
Allianz completes sale of Korean unit to Anbang
The deal completed after the Financial Services Commission finally approved the transaction earlier this week.
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- September 28 2017
Insurers eye alternative assets
Insurers are under pressure to improve profit margins amid uncertainty, regulatory challenges and intense competition.
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- September 28 2017
Nippon Life in talks to acquire stake in TCW Group
The Japanese giant has begun discussions on its plan to buy a 20-30% stake in the US asset manager.
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- September 27 2017
CIRC to focus on regulation, not enterprise work
The regulator says it will clean up its image and treat all market entrants and insurance companies fairly.
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- September 25 2017
ZhongAn raises US$1.5bn in HK IPO
China's first internet-only insurer priced its initial public offering at the top of the indicated range.
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- September 22 2017
Debt-to-equity swaps open to Chinese insurers
Insurance funds may soon be granted permission to join in debt-to-equity swaps of distressed firms.
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- September 20 2017
China to heighten insurance scrutiny
Investments and capital flows in and out of the industry will be overseen more closely, the country’s regulator announced.
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- September 15 2017
At least 20 bidders eye Axa wealth unit in HK
China Taiping Insurance and Country Garden are reportedly among the companies that have expressed an interest.
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- September 8 2017
Listed Chinese insurers to benefit from risk crackdown
Efforts to contain the sale of risky short-term life insurance policies won't seriously affect the country's major insurers.
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- September 5 2017
Anbang returns to more traditional business model
The company is preparing a new array of services and products to launch after its current ban expires.
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- September 1 2017
Targeting Asia’s greying population
Insurers could be missing a trick by not offering more retirement income products to the region’s ageing population.
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- August 28 2017
Investment income lifts China Life profits
Net income rose by 17.8% in the first six months of the year, driven by an 11.45% investment return.
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- August 25 2017
Anbang Life’s credit rating lowered
A Chinese rating agency has downgraded the insurer three months after CIRC curtailed its operations.
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- August 18 2017
QBE puts emerging markets business under review
Operations in Thailand and Colombia face closure after poor results led investors to question strategy.
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- August 17 2017
AIG selling US$2bn life settlements portfolio
The insurer is reportedly working with investment bankers from Goldman Sachs to unload the assets.
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- August 16 2017
Korean insurers post 28.3% profit rise
Results for the first half of this year reflect robust dividend income growth and a drop in the loss ratio, said the FSS.
