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Largest 50 EEA insurance investors in bonds held €2.2trn in 2018
02 January 2020French insurers favour govvies while UK insurers focus on corporates
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France's largest insurers looking for climate-conscious asset managers
19 November 2019Three mandates totalling €500m open for tender
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Natixis Assurances MD appointed president of French Bancassurance Group
25 July 2019Jean-François Lequoy will also serve as vice-president of the French Insurance Federation
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Axa IMRA to buy NorthStar Realty Europe
05 July 2019Axa affiliate will take ownership of $1.1bn property portfolio if offer is approved by shareholders
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The 'obscure' Solvency II co-investment rule
30 April 2019Recent changes to co-investing rules under Solvency II have been received with mixed feelings by European insurers. Many players are even unaware there has been a development. Vincent Huck reports
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French insurers partner up for major unlisted SME funding initiative
07 March 2019From Axa France to BNP Paribas Cardif and CNP Assurances, France’s largest have helped unlock €22.2bn of fund-based investments for French small caps. Their early-stage returns may be unclear. But their ambitions for the next phase of their investment is only the greater, the heavy hitters tell Vincent Huck
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French insurers committed €1.2bn in partnership to fund unlisted SMEs
13 February 2019The five insurers and an investment bank invested in 63 funds
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Deals round-up: 28 Jan 2019
28 January 2019Axa IMRA, Prudential, BNP Paribas Cardif, Garance
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French insurers’ climate-related disclosures under the spotlight
23 November 2018Disclosures have improved, but retail investors still do not know whether their savings are invested in a sustainable future
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Insurers support launch of tobacco-free finance pledge
27 September 2018The pledge has 60 founding signatories and 28 supporters