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  • APAC nations boost green bond efforts to satisfy insurers' demand

    11 April 2022

    APAC's insurers tell David Walker they want more green and sustainable bonds - including more of the high-quality paper from their own neck of the woods

  • Outsourced or in-house: Zurich's CIO on finding the right balance

    26 April 2017

    Urban Angehrn oversees Zurich Insurance Group's $190bn asset book. With no pure asset management business in the group, he talks to Asa Gibson about selecting managers, deciding when to manage in-house and the importance of responsible investment.

  • What are the ESG alternatives to renewables and divestment?

    14 December 2016

    Hot on the heels of the FSB's guide to incorporating climate risks in investment decisions, Environmental Finance's Peter Cripps examines some of the alternative strategies being executed by insurers to reduce their exposures to risks stemming from climate change.

  • Aviva in £187m long-term deal with solar investment firm

    28 September 2016

    Insurer's investment arm agrees two fully amortising 18-year tranches

  • Zurich wants $2bn in green bonds

    16 August 2016

    Head of responsible investment pushes for sovereign green bonds