Archive

  • Aviva offloads over £1bn bonds and shares in tobacco firms

    21 June 2017

    Joins Scor and Axa's drive to limit investment, citing threat to public health

  • Insurers are bystanders on climate change risk management

    19 June 2017

    Majority of the industry falls short on managing climate change risks in investment portfolios, but Axa and Aviva deemed leaders by AODP report

  • Axa IMRA in joint venture to buy Spanish shopping centre

    14 June 2017

    Brazilian real estate developer Sonae Sierra co-invests in Arena Sur retail centre

  • Axa IMRA expands German real estate portfolio

    09 June 2017

    Acquires mixed-use development near Frankfurt

  • Axa IMRA appoints head of German market

    08 June 2017

    Sven Krumpholz will be responsible for growing the manager's residential portfolio

  • Axa IMRA expands North America team with four hires

    01 June 2017

    Firm poaches investment expertise from Amazon, JP Morgan Chase and Partners Group

  • Axa and Scor lead tobacco control investor group

    31 May 2017

    Insurers follow up on their recent divestment policies by encouraging greater regulation of the tobacco industry

  • The continued lure of equity

    26 May 2017

    Solvency II has punished equity investment with its 39% capital charge. But the SCR restrictions are bringing out a plethora of equity structures designed to appeal to insurers with lower volatility and capital charges. Is this enough to attract new investors? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Axa IMRA appoints head of Netherlands market

    23 May 2017

    Crispijn Stulp will lead the insurer's real estate investments in the country

  • Axa IMRA's global CIO departs

    12 May 2017

    Dennis Lopez joins Canadian real estate firm QuadReal