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[at Bloomberg] – Principal Financial Group Inc. (PFG) , the life insurer and asset manager, won a deal to help Australia’s largest pension fund invest in office properties in top U.S

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Principal Wins Deal With AustralianSuper for U.S. Real Estate

[at Bloomberg] – Taking Stock with Pimm Fox and Carol Massar features analysts and fund managers discussing stock picks. Drawing upon Bloomberg news and data, timely investment strategies are analyzed and debated by the …

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Taking Stock: QE, Back to School, Global Warming

[Reuters] – U.S. regulators are set to label Metlife Inc systemically important, subjecting it to stricter Fed oversight, Bloomberg said, citing two people familiar with the matter.

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Metlife could be labelled systemically important – Bloomberg

[at Bloomberg] – Retirees with 401(k) plans and individual retirement accounts will have more flexibility to purchase annuities that don’t start paying out until age 80 or 85, under final rules from the U.S. Treasury Department.

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Annuities in U.S. Retirement Plans Get Government Boost

[at Bloomberg] – Prudential Financial Inc. (PRU) added Gregory Peters as a portfolio manager as the No.

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Prudential Said to Hire Ex-Morgan Stanley Strategist

[at Bloomberg] – Manulife Financial Corp., Canada’s largest insurer, hired Gary Li to oversee $34 billion in derivatives and help manage risks tied to stocks and bonds.

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Manulife Hires MetLife’s Li to Manage Derivatives

[at Bloomberg] – Great-West Lifeco Inc. said the principal financial officer of its U.S.

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Great-West’s U.S. Unit Finance Chief James Van Harmelen Dies

[at Bloomberg] – U.S. life insurers will use cash for acquisitions rather than share repurchases after buybacks helped drive a rally last year, Deloitte LLP said in its 2014 industry outlook.

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Insurers to Favor Deals Over Buybacks, Deloitte Says