Archive

  • SOFR-linked trades break $1trn a day in first year of operation

    12 April 2019

    FSB chair welcomes Libor alternatives remarkable progress in speech to mark its first anniversary

  • Sustainable investment needs a helping hand from regulators

    06 September 2018

    It is time for regulators to use all the tools at their disposal to address the risks climate changes pose to the financial stability of the insurance industry, Aviva Investors chief responsible investment officer Steve Waygood warns

  • European insurers call for reintroduction of equities recycling in IFRS 9

    29 August 2018

    Ban misleads performance of long-term equity investment, says Insurance Europe

  • Brazil becomes world’s first insurance market to commit to climate risk transparency

    24 May 2018

    Latin America’s largest insurance market declared support to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

  • 'Bring it on': California commissioner bullish on fossil fuel divestment

    14 July 2017

    Commissioner Dave Jones was threatened with legal action from 12 Republican attorney generals who oppose his fossil fuel investments disclosure initiative. The threats appear to have spurred Jones on, however. Callum Tanner reports

  • Australian supervisor warns of climate-change investment risks

    20 February 2017

    Directors of general insurers warned they ignore such risks at their peril

  • IFoA supports climate risk reporting initiative

    10 February 2017

    Recommends FSB creates a standing committee to engage with authorities and asset owners

  • 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.

  • Insurers back FSB's climate risk reporting recommendations

    14 December 2016

    Disclosure should be mandatory, says Aviva's chief executive

  • Insurers neglecting climate risks to asset portfolios

    21 July 2016

    Ageas, MassMutual, Talanx and New York Life among the worst