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Nordic insurers invest $90.4m in SDG fund
07 July 2020DWM impact fund will provide loans to low income communities and micro enterprises
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Allianz Real Estate acquires 25% stake in Iberian shopping centre portfolio
02 March 2020German affiliate invests €525m jointly with Finnish insurer Elo
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Ten key "straws in the wind" from the EC's 2020 Solvency II review
17 February 2020Deloitte's Andrew Bulley, Henry Jupe and Linda Hedqvist highlight the key areas to watch for in this year's Solvency II review, based on Eiopa's proposals.
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Dai-Ichi Life invests YEN 1.6bn in healthcare start-ups
08 July 2019Japanese insurer backs CureApp and NeuroTrack in impact investments
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Green bond strategies split French CIOs and CROs
09 April 2019The difference in approach between insurers' risk and investment functions has been revealed at an event organised by the French institute of actuaries, in partnership with Schroders and Axa. This examined insurers' strategies to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. Vincent Huck reports
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Three insurers part of new Australian sustainable finance initiative
28 March 2019IAG, QBE and Swiss Re join banks, superannuation funds and academia in HLEG-style initiative
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MS&AD plans to launch ¥10bn sustainability bond fund
19 March 2019This would be the third green bond fund managed by a Japanese asset manager and the country's first for nine years
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Indian insurers’ real assets exposure up 15.7%
10 January 2019Regulator data shows three-quarters of total commitments to asset class come from life sector
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Volatilità spurs Italian insurers to review portfolios
04 September 2018Italy's underwriters long understood their sovereign debt was not riskless. This year's jolts only intensified their search for other investments, as David Walker reports
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Equity release mortgages: stopping the roof falling in
09 August 2018The Prudential Regulation Authority has shaken up life insurers by proposing new assumptions around the valuation of ERMs. The more prudent approach seeks to avoid a potential disaster if house prices stagnate or crash, but the impact on insurers could be serious. Christopher Cundy reports