Archive

  • Aegon to divest and exclude coal investments

    26 May 2016

    Exclusion of the fossil fuel resource fits with insurer's sustainability strategy

  • Aegon's net income drops as alternatives underperform

    13 May 2016

    Loss from fair value items and lower realised gains

  • Aegon strikes deal for Blackrock's UK DC business

    03 May 2016

    Insurer enticed by market growth estimates

  • Aegon expects impairments to increase in 2016

    22 February 2016

    Commodity and energy portfolio most at risk

  • Aegon targets expansion of asset management division

    21 January 2016

    The investment management division of the Dutch insurer wants to meet the increasing demand for benchmark-agnostic active investment solutions. Benedicte Gravrand reports.

  • Aegon invests €45m in German wind park

    05 January 2016

    Says this will help transition to a low-carbon economy

  • Insurers face up to the asset test of Solvency II

    23 September 2015

    As solvency ratios come under pressure and the introduction of Solvency II with its higher capital charges for some asset classes looms, insurers are taking a hard look at the risk in their asset portfolios, as Sarfraz Thind explains

  • LV= spices up traditional investments with commercial mortgages

    11 June 2015

    The vast bulk of LV='s assets are managed externally and produce solid returns but, as it looks for extra yield, the UK's largest friendly society is building up its commercial mortgage investments. Mike Leonard, investment solutions manager, talks to IAR

  • Aegon finalises French asset management deal

    04 June 2015

    Takes stake in La Banque Postale Asset Management

  • Insurers see the gold in green

    09 April 2015

    Green bonds are looking increasingly attractive to insurance companies which want to meet their risk and return objectives while producing a positive environmental or social impact. But there are concerns about the definition and capacity of the market, as Mark Nicholls explains