Archive

  • CNP Assurances amongst consortium taking ownership of new Suez

    17 May 2021

    Following merger agreement between Veolia and Suez

  • 18 French insurers commit €11bn to finance SMEs recovery from COVID-19

    26 April 2021

    Second round of financing planned for June

  • A year to forget? Not if you were a shareholding CIO

    16 March 2021

    One year ago today, markets reached 'peak-panic', as the Vix index hit 82.7. David Walker re-examines insurers' general accounts to show who got hit, who got hedged, and who got shot of their shares

  • Axa bids a gradual 'adieu' to the burdens of traditional life

    10 March 2021

    Unit-linked products are being pushed, with force, by Axa, AG2R, CNP Assurances

  • CIO hedging strategies - a crystal ball on what's to come in equity markets

    18 February 2021

    CNP Assurances's CAC 40 hedge has a strike 45% below current value

  • CNP seeking more equities as it transforms life business towards unit-linked

    17 February 2021

    Market timing in both bonds and shares helped French group's portfolio

  • CNP Assurances acquires office block in Paris

    18 December 2020

    To be headquarters of financial company Lazard

  • CNP Assurances invests in French cyber-security provider

    16 November 2020

    Joined with two other investment managers and business angels for total of €20m

  • Mid-sized French insurers take their general accounts off-piste

    28 October 2020

    A research report by Insurance Risk Data reveals how chief investment officers at smaller French insurers are hungry for more than just French govvies. David Walker reports

  • CNP Assurances replaces private equity investment manager

    13 October 2020

    Stéphane Trarieux to take over from Gaël Le Clec'h