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  • Fresh real estate deals at Prudential, Aviva, Axa

    22 January 2016

    Deals involve Canadian industrial real estate, European hotels and a French iconic building.

  • Aviva Investors to close European property fund

    09 December 2015

    Prompted by withdrawal of largest investor

  • Aviva launches venture capital arm

    09 December 2015

    Will invest in new digital businesses

  • Insurers' asset management arms target other insurers' assets

    01 December 2015

    Such are the yield and regulatory pressures, insurers are not necessarily deterred by asset managers' links to competing insurers. In fact, shared experience of the insurance business is a plus. And insurers' asset managers are looking further afield for new clients. David Turner reports

  • Insurers dominate funding of climate awareness bond

    24 November 2015

    Ten insurers participate in €500m EIB private placement

  • Italian insurers would be worst hit by end of 0% capital charge for sovereign debt

    24 November 2015

    Fitch gauges impact of potential changes to Solvency II standard formula

  • Many mutuals' with-profits funds excel

    12 October 2015

    Nearly 40% beat the large firms' performance in 2014, says Barnett Waddingham

  • 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

  • Aviva Investors signs up to Montreal Carbon Pledge

    10 September 2015

    Will start reporting on emissions of sample companies in its portfolio

  • Aviva Investors part of infrastructure initiative

    08 September 2015

    To launch sustainability benchmark for infrastructure assets