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Finding a role for insurance asset managers in a sustainable financial system
24 September 2018New report by the Prince of Wales Accounting for Sustainability project calls on all actors in the financial system to move as one on sustainability issues. Vincent Huck reports
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Private equity and co-investing hotspots for outsourcing
18 September 2018Survey finds continued high interest in private market investing
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Insurers get a taste for investment risk
17 September 2018Readiness to take chances grows among insurance investors
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Insurers and asset managers: a relationship in turmoil
13 September 2018The relationship between insurers and their asset manager is evolving, shifted by macroeconomic changes, regulations, fee pressures and new asset dynamics. Insurers say they want more from their asset managers. But more of what precisely? And how are managers responding? IAR asks the industry. By Sarfraz Thind
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Two candidates left for Scottish Widows £109bn mandate
06 September 2018Lloyds Banking Group has dropped Goldman Sachs from the auction of the investment contract
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BlackRock launches ESG emerging market debt funds
06 August 2018With the products expected to spark interest amongst insurers
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DWS appoints three senior members to its institutional client team
20 July 2018One of which with a strong link to the insurance space
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Prince of Wales says insurers need to step up on sustainability
11 July 2018Events organised by the Prince of Wales can't be publicised, so it was a running joke among the attendees of his finance leaders' summit at St James Palace to ask how one had heard about the event. Surrounded by tapestries, art works, swords and powder guns hanging from the walls, 70 finance leaders were asked to commit to concrete actions to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. Vincent Huck got a glimpse through the door.
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Blackstone targets insurance assets
03 July 2018The insurance industry has no shortage of asset managers jostling to take on assets. So why would someone start from scratch to get into the game? Despite competition, Blackstone believes the opportunities in insurance asset management remain vast. Chris Blunt, head of the group's insurance solutions, explains the company's motivation and strategy. By Sarfraz Thind
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LGIM poaches head of Asia-Pac from SLA
15 June 2018David Peng joins LGIM as head of Asia Pacific ex Japan