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Scottish Widows' head of RI on AI and AMs' voting records
17 March 2025Eva Cairns, head of responsible investment at Scottish Widows, explains the firm's governance policy around AI and the outcome of expecting voting policy adherence from asset managers
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A river runs through it
19 February 2025For all the political noise against ESG, asset managers tell Insurance Asset Risk nothing has changed, and their sustainability offerings and strategies are seeing an insatiable demand
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Insurers now taking a more blended approach to public and private investing, Barings says
12 February 2025Insurance Asset Risk sat down with Patrick O'Sullivan, head of international insurance solutions at investment manager Barings to discuss his role and the sector's changing approach to investing in private markets.
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ESG is on trial. Are you ready to convict?
27 January 2025The term ESG has become box office poison in recent months. Is it dead and buried or looking for a new definition?
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Driving the sustainable infra highway
13 January 2025Jérôme Jean Haegeli discusses how and why sustainable infrastructure needs to become a tradeable asset class
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Debunking the myths of EMD
30 December 2024Insurance Asset Risk discussed with Matthew Smith and Brett Diment of abrdn why insurers are still reluctant to invest in emerging market debt
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Insurers are picking up banks' fossil fuel financing slack
16 December 2024Rainforest Action Network says there is a "shocking lack of transparency about what insurers are underwriting and investing in"
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Til tech do us part - are AI investments a love story for the ages?
02 December 2024Tech stocks and related companies have had ups and downs, with disappoints, broken promises and a summer wobble - but is it love that's here to stay?
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Green shoots for insurers' understanding of natural capital?
25 November 2024Comparisons between investors' grip on climate and biodiversity show there's plenty of areas in which to grow on the latter, but lessons and benefits can be taken from net-zero approaches
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Has ESG become the ugly duckling of sustainability?
21 November 2024Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's recent Responsible Investing for Insurers event discuss the difference between ESG and Impact Investing, as well as some of the challenges they are facing while building out their impact portfolios