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Insurance CIOs, regulators and investment leaders join IAR line up
22 March 2017ABI chief Hugh Savill will discuss effect of changing regulation on insurers' investments
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Berlin hotel acquired by Axa IMRA
22 March 2017Adds to the €2.6bn hotel portfolio of Axa's real estate business
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AMP Capital to fund mixed-use development with property sale
22 March 2017Insurer faces stiff competition from non-insurance buyers in buying assets in Sydney
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Yes, no, maybe: the PRA responds to industry's Solvency II reform agenda
17 March 2017The UK regulator has made a point-by-point rebuttal to the Association of British Insurers' agenda for Solvency II reforms and confirmed its priority to review the reporting requirements. Christopher Cundy reports
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Generali appoints real estate chief
16 March 2017Aldo Mazzocco will oversee €25bn of real assets
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The insurance asset management gold rush
15 March 2017Enticed by lucrative revenues, insurers are pushing into the asset management business like never before. Insurer-affiliated managers are currently some of the fastest growing in the world. With regulations and low rates driving increased insurer third-party asset outsourcing, the industry is in a prime position to pick up more business. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Premiums 4 Good: QBE's unique approach to responsible investment
10 March 2017Insurance Asset Risk this month will feature a number of analysis and thought leaderships on responsible investment. In this article, Tom Herbstein and Andrew Voysey from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership discuss QBE's initiative that allows its customers to have up to 25% of their premiums invested responsibly.
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Standard Life merges with Aberdeen to create UK's largest asset manager
06 March 2017£3.8bn deal expected to achieve £200m annual savings
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Australian supervisor warns of climate-change investment risks
20 February 2017Directors of general insurers warned they ignore such risks at their peril
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ESG investment: the bleeding edge?
17 February 2017Responsible investing is increasingly mentioned in the investment process, and insurers certainly wear their ESG principles as a badge of honour. But, despite the talk, does ESG really influence investment policy? Sarfraz Thind reports