Japanese life insurers expand alternative investments

Japanese life insurance companies are slowly but surely increasing their exposure to alternatives, with a focus on overseas investments. Soichiro Makimoto Moody’s Ratings “Insurers are gradually increasing their allocation to private, illiquid assets such as infrastructure financing and investments, private debt, and private equities mainly in US markets,” Soichiro Makimoto, vice president and senior analyst at Moody’s Ratings in Japan, told AsianInvestor. Dai-ichi L…