Archive

  • Phoenix Group appoints two senior SLA executives to its board

    25 June 2018

    While SLA continues to restructure board following Standard Life and Aberdeen merger

  • German insurers regain top spot for Spezialfonds

    18 June 2018

    Allianz affiliates are dominant providers of bespoke structure

  • LGIM poaches head of Asia-Pac from SLA

    15 June 2018

    David Peng joins LGIM as head of Asia Pacific ex Japan

  • Lloyds sells stake in Standard Life Aberdeen

    08 June 2018

    Sale of £355m worth of shares puts final nail in the coffin of firms’ relationship

  • Aberdeen Standard Investments hopes to get Phoenix £7bn AuM

    30 May 2018

    Mandates 'under review' at Phoenix revealed in Aberdeen document

  • Brazil becomes world’s first insurance market to commit to climate risk transparency

    24 May 2018

    Latin America’s largest insurance market declared support to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

  • World's top insurers stalling on climate change drive

    24 May 2018

    While insurers are increasingly acute to environmental risks which might impact both sides of their balance sheet, new research has found that their investment strategies are not in line with the Paris Agreement. The research was published the same week Royal Dutch Shell held its AGM and shareholders, including some large insurers, were asked to vote on a climate resolution. Did they stand up to the test? Paul Walsh and Vincent Huck report

  • Foresters Friendly ready to dump sterling assets to tackle Brexit

    09 May 2018

    Corrado Pistarino, chief investment officer at Foresters Friendly, outlines his firm's risk management strategy if things deteriorate with Brexit and what asset managers need to do in order to win mandates from insurance clients. By Cintia Cheong

  • Standard Life Aberdeen challenges Lloyds’ decision to axe Scottish Widows portfolio

    08 May 2018

    SLA seeking to hold onto £109bn portfolio

  • Folksam and Aberdeen Standard Investments launch €300m fund

    02 May 2018

    Folksam Group aims to replicate its success in the Swedish real estate market across Europe