Utmost Life and Pensions appoints Aberdeen Investments to manage CREL mandate

Utmost Life and Pensions has appointed Aberdeen Investments to manage a commercial real estate lending (CREL) mandate supporting the insurer’s growing bulk purchase annuity (BPA) business

Insurance Asset Management Conference back for 2026

Following its huge success in previous years, the Insurance Asset Management Conference is back for 2026 and is one not to be missed!

Aviva’s profits surge following Direct Line acquisition

Aviva’s operating profit for H1 2026 has surged by 24% to £1.3bn, driven by the group’s “strong progress” following its acquisition of Direct Line in 2025

Riverstone and QBE agree $1.6bn reinsurance deal for long-tail liabilities

RiverStone International has entered into loss portfolio transfer (LPT) reinsurance agreements with QBE Insurance, representing approximately US$1.6bn of reserves

Former PRA CEO appointed chair of IASB

Former deputy governor of the Bank of England (BoE) and CEO of the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), Sam Woods, has been appointed as chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)

Infra debt clear priority for European insurers within private markets

Infrastructure debt has emerged as the clear priority for European insurers within private markets, with 58% planning to increase their allocations, according to survey results published by Novantigo

Goldman Sachs to purchase ETF manager NEOS Investments in $2.3bn deal

Goldman Sachs is to buy ETF platform, NEOS Investments, in a deal worth up to $2.3bn

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Frankfurter Leben Gruppe acquires Athora Deutschland

Frankfurter Leben Gruppe is acquiring Athora Deutschland in its seventh transaction

Royal Horticultural Society pension scheme secures £22m buy-in with Royal London

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) 1974 Pension Scheme has completed a £22m buy-in with Royal London

L&G hails strong asset management performance as H1 profit rises

L&G’s H1 core operating profit rose 7% on the same period a year earlier to £918m, its latest financial results have revealed, with profits in the asset management segment rising 10% to £222m

Achmea’s operational result falls to €492m despite positive performance of pension & life business

Dutch financial services firm, Achmea, saw its operational result fall by 13% to €492m in the first half of 2026, despite the positive performance of its pension & life Netherlands business, its interim results have shown

The Expert View

Following Aon’s Insurance Investment Consultancy of the Year award win at the latest Insurance Asset Management Awards, Editor, Adam Cadle, gathers the latest thoughts from partners, Geoff Bauer and Lin Qu, about the insurance investment space

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

Beyond US exceptionalism

The case for diversifying globally and across strategies with alternative credit

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

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Setting a New Standard for Benchmarking Private Infrastructure Debt

As private infrastructure debt evolves, confidence comes from evidence. infraMetrics® uses real asset-level data to deliver credit insights and market-based curves where comparables are limited. A benchmark that guides insurers and investors through the uncertainties of today’s macro environment.

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

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