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Generali budgets €33m to prepare for Solvency II
27 November 2013Major reforms to investment management processes under way
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Friends Life's Mark Versey: "Infrastructure is now a core investment strategy"
22 November 2013Friends Life is now directly investing in both infrastructure and commercial real estate debt after awarding combined mandates of £1bn this year. Jamie Bullen asks chief investment officer Mark Versey what lies behind this new strategy
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Zurich to invest $1bn in green bonds
20 November 2013Climate projects can be supported without sacrificing returns, insurer says
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Milliman hires ex-Skandia trio to run Stockholm ALM office
11 November 2013Former CRO Steve Hardwick among recruits
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UK bulk annuity market heading for 2014 capacity crunch
08 November 2013Expected quiet fourth quarter this year could throttle market in 2014
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Efficient asset allocation with least squares Monte Carlo
23 October 2013Traditional methods of allocating assets fall short in several key aspects. In this paper, Romain Lombardo and Alexis Bailly show how the LSMC approach can be used to optimise asset allocation for insurers in a Solvency II world
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Jobs for actuaries still influenced by Solvency II
25 September 2013Preparations for Solvency II sparked a huge recruitment drive for actuaries. But with the momentum gone and work nearing completion in many firms, how is the jobs market changing? Katie Kouchakji reports
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JP Morgan hires Aon insurance asset head
24 September 2013Gareth Haslip is latest recruit to insurance investment team
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Swiss investment fund to provide regulatory capital to smaller insurers
12 September 2013Twelve Capital sees opportunity in banks' withdrawal from lending
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Scor to set up loan investment platform
04 September 2013Reinsurer is raising allocation to corporate, real estate and infrastructure debt