Archive

  • Berkshire's 'huge appetite' for wind and solar assets

    08 May 2017

    Tycoon Warren Buffett says no particular bias against solar, but expects to invest seven times more in wind by 2020

  • Allianz refuses to expand coal exclusion policy to investment business

    05 May 2017

    Insurer divested €225m from coal companies and shed €1bn in bonds in the coal sector

  • 'Insurers need to move from climate talk to climate action'

    05 May 2017

    Axa and Vivat's investment arms recently announced coal exclusion policies, while Axa also committed to stop underwriting coal projects – could this be a model for the rest of the industry? Peter Bosshard from anti-fossil fuel NGO the Sunrise Project comments.

  • Allianz-led consortium acquires UK's largest water supplier

    02 May 2017

    Insurer attracted by industry's transparency and inflation-linked, predictable cashflows

  • Indonesia set to curb foreign insurers' investments in local industry

    21 April 2017

    Allianz, Aviva and Fairfax among investors that must keep shareholdings below 80%

  • The Solvency II mandate race

    29 March 2017

    Solvency II has turbo-boosted the move to insurance asset outsourcing. Asset managers are beefing up their capabilities to win market share—but what can you do to make yourself stand out from the crowd? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • German insurers remain committed to fixed income investing

    28 March 2017

    But fund investments ever more favoured for allocations, GDV finds

  • Europe's affiliate managers chalk up 18.5% organic fund growth in 2016

    23 March 2017

    Eurizon steals BNP Paribas' top spot while two Allianz affiliates occupy leading five positions

  • The insurance asset management gold rush

    15 March 2017

    Enticed 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

  • LGIM chief joins FRC board

    13 March 2017

    Mark Zinkula joins independent regulator, replacing former Allianz GI director