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European life insurers set to boost illiquid investments
12 February 2014Mortgage and infrastructure loans on the agenda in 2014
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Rating agencies to profit from Solvency II data reporting
11 February 2014Insurers require licences to report asset ratings to regulator
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Insurers prioritise asset data and analytics spending
30 January 2014Trend towards multi-asset portfolios putting current systems under strain
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MoneyMate rebrands Solvency II look-through tool
28 January 2014More than 100 asset managers lined up to use the product
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Ageas appoints State Street to manage funds
27 January 2014Financial services firm to act as custodian for $4.5bn of Ageas' UK assets.
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Insurers can reap rewards through "marginal" asset diversification
23 January 2014Solvency II's high capital charges are no barrier, says BlackRock
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Commercial real estate investors add to criticism of Solvency II capital charges
21 January 2014CFREC Europe and Inrev ask Eiopa to relax rules on commercial mortgage backed securities
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EU insurers' investments increasingly risky
20 January 2014Search for good yields means more speculative assets held, says Fitch
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Conning offers US insurers trade finance investments
14 January 2014NAIC recently approved trade finance as an investable asset
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ERM basics: Proxy techniques enable risk-based decision making
08 January 2014Proxy techniques, such as least squares Monte Carlo, allow faster analysis of risks and for many insurers they have become essential tools for aiding decision making, as Brian Robinson explains