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New sustainability index puts food sector on insurance industry's plate

A new index to capture the investment risks and opportunities in the food sector through the ESG lens has been launched. Abigail Herron discusses the findings on 60 of the largest listed livestock and fisheries companies, many of which will feature heavily in insurers' investment portfolios

Aviva Investors launches £37bn combined real assets business

Integration of real estate, infrastructure and private debt businesses into single platform

World's top insurers stalling on climate change drive

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

UK politicians recommend using dormant insurance assets for green investments

Recommendations come as green investments plummet to lowest level for ten years

Aviva Life purchases two green bonds for £100m

Bonds issued by the developer Tideway to help finance 25km sewer tunnel under River Thames

Aviva under fire for taking only "baby steps" to move away from coal

Aviva has become the latest insurer slammed by the Unfriend Coal network for investing in the coal sector.

Foresters Friendly ready to dump sterling assets to tackle Brexit

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

Aviva Investors to sell its £5bn indirect real estate business

Fund manager believed to be closing in on a deal with LaSalle Investment Management

Aviva Investors buys stake in two Scottish wind farms

Aviva Investors has acquired a 49% interest in a portfolio of UK onshore wind farms from Norwegian developer and operator of renewable energies Fred. Olsen Renewables for a total cash consideration of £117.3m ($160.7m).

Aviva Investors hires new heads for UK real estate business