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IAR Real Assets: Perfect landing expected in the US, but we're still circling the runway, Swiss Re says
14 March 2024ERGO group finding investing in ESG infrastructure more difficult than expected
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A quarter of institutional investors expect "dramatic increase" in real estate development finance allocations over next three years
13 March 2024Survey from Downing also finds ESG credentials of property development finance firms expected to come under increasing scrutiny
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Lack of nature-related scenarios a challenge for target setting, insurers say
12 March 2024Though tools exist, their limitations need to be understood, and information needs to become investment-useful, Fidelity, Phoenix and Abeille Assurance tell conference
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Looking for a home for natural capital in insurers' investment portfolios
12 March 2024Understanding new risks, a lack of asset managers able to service these types of investments at scale, and the question of where to include natural capital in the SAA are the hurdles insurers need to overcome, Danielle Brassel, director of responsible investment at Zurich Insurance Group, explains
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98% of insurer investment professionals concerned about greenwashing, Ortec Finance survey finds
12 March 202411% feel their own company's ESG strategies and programmes are "very ineffective"
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Fokoku Life Mutual invests JPY 4.9bn in sustainable development bond
12 March 2024Bond from Inter-American Development Bank for health and employment of Central American women
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Axa IM Alts secures £480m construction loan for City of London prime office scheme
11 March 2024Six-year facility from Cale Street will fund development of 36-storey building on Fenchurch Street
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M&G Catalyst commits €150m to regenerative farming fund
08 March 2024Regenerate European Sustainable Agriculture Fund will invest €40m in growth of Portuguese blueberry enterprise
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Mirova launches European social impact private equity strategy
08 March 2024MILE strategy aims to raise €200m from institutional and individual investors
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Solvency UK reforms will not be a revolution, but a soft evolution, PIC's CIO Rob Groves says
06 March 2024In the second part of Insurance Asset Risk's interview with Rob Groves, the CIO of Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) talks about the planned reforms to Solvency II in the UK. Will the proposals free his hand to invest in a wider spectrum of assets? Maybe not so much, but there is scope to do things differently.