Archive

  • French insurers renew commitments to invest €3bn in unlisted SMEs for the next 5 years

    03 April 2023

    After surpassing their €2bn target in the three years to 2022

  • Chart of the Week: Solvency capital charges, and what a cactus and CIO (should) have in common

    10 March 2023

    Average Solvency II capital charges by insurers' GA sizes reveal some unexpected findings

  • Going off-piste - how French CIOs are embracing alternatives

    10 January 2023

    As French insurers venture 'off-piste' in their general accounts, David Walker examines if the 'black runs' of alternative asset classes will be simply exciting - or could break a leg or two

  • GSAM, BNP Paribas AM, DWS retain outsourcing gigs in Italy

    15 September 2022

    Delegations ranged from TAA to HY to fixed income multi-asset

  • Legal & General signs £150m social loan

    08 September 2022

    To finance affordable housing in England

  • Negative rates and UK banks pulling services drag on EEA insurers' cash

    01 September 2022

    Standard Chartered and Close Brothers under fire for pulling euro service post-Brexit

  • MEAG acquires Brussels office asset

    16 August 2022

    Advised by BNP Paribas Real Estate

  • Insurers join CDP's engagement campaign on climate disclosures

    29 June 2022

    Targeting 1,473 companies globally

  • Chart of the Week - Europe's Largest Insurers

    10 June 2022

    General accounts fell while unit-linked assets rose, at Europe's largest groups in 2021

  • Comment - Enter the dragon? Will Hong Kong's CIOs be persuaded, or compelled, to invest in China?

    28 December 2021

    Hong Kong's insurers must meet claims/promises, but are being told they should support the Mainland's economy, too