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Aviva Investors finances €1.5bn windfarm
18 July 2018Insurer amongst 13 international lenders to participate in the financing of the German 396 MW Merkur offshore windfarm.
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Aviva Investors expands global responsible investment team
11 July 2018Three new hires join the team
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More volatility to come, Aviva Investors CEO warns
13 June 2018Rising rates and quantitative easing slow down to cause sustained turbulence
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UK insurers could be forced to disclose climate risk by 2022
04 June 2018A UK parliamentary committee has called on government to act if regulators fail on implementing climate risk disclosures. While some witnesses highlighted to the committee the insurers' exposure to climate-related risk, some pointed out that thanks to Solvency II rules they might be ahead of the game. Michael Hurley and Vincent Huck report
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Private markets: end of the credit cycle, start of a new era?
04 June 2018Insurers have increasingly invested in private assets in recent years to counter the low yield environment. But as we enter the later stages of the credit cycle, questions are being raised on whether private assets were tactical short-term choices, or if insurers have fully embraced these asset classes. Vincent Huck reports
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Insurers' shift into private credit sparks evolution in internal rating capabilities
04 June 2018With insurers showing greater appetite for private credit, authorities are keen to ensure firms are applying robust credit risk assessments – but the lack of rating agencies in the space is giving regulators and insurers a headache. Asa Gibson reports.
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New sustainability index puts food sector on insurance industry's plate
01 June 2018A 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
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Aviva Investors launches £37bn combined real assets business
30 May 2018Integration of real estate, infrastructure and private debt businesses into single platform
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UK politicians recommend using dormant insurance assets for green investments
17 May 2018Recommendations come as green investments plummet to lowest level for ten years
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Foresters Friendly ready to dump sterling assets to tackle Brexit
09 May 2018Corrado 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