Archive

  • At the helm of Europe's giant general account

    26 February 2019

    Pascal Christory, chief investment officer at Axa Group, describes the difficult balance between centralisation and flexibility in an international group's investment strategy. Interview by David Walker

  • French insurers committed €1.2bn in partnership to fund unlisted SMEs

    13 February 2019

    The five insurers and an investment bank invested in 63 funds

  • Axa IM and Capzanine partner up on private debt

    24 January 2019

    Axa France and Axa IM will also increase stake in asset manager to 46%

  • Allianz, Axa invest in French fibre business

    03 December 2018

    Joint venture acquires 49% stake in Altice France offshoot

  • French insurers’ climate-related disclosures under the spotlight

    23 November 2018

    Disclosures have improved, but retail investors still do not know whether their savings are invested in a sustainable future

  • Axa IMRA acquires European data centre operator

    10 July 2018

    Acquisition was made on behalf of Axa France

  • Allianz lends €300m for Apple store acquisition

    27 April 2018

    German insurer Allianz has provided €300m ($362m) to German pension fund Bayerische Versorgung-skammer (BVK) to support the acquisition of a retail asset in Paris, sold by EPI, a French independent investment group.

  • Equity volatility: how safe is your portfolio?

    19 March 2018

    Equity volatility is back. After a muted 2017, things went a little haywire for equities in February. But are these tremors or the start of something bigger? And how should insurers react? By David Walker

  • Helvetia finances artificial intelligence firm targeting property investments

    15 December 2017

    Series A funding comes amid concern over local real estate prices

  • Why Aegon, Allianz, Aviva and NN are well prepared for rising rates

    30 June 2017

    Many loans and mortgages offer resilience to interest rate volatility, and with talk of rising rates becoming more frequent – whether through optimism or anticipation – IAR unmasks the largest life insurers' allocations to the lesser-used asset classes. David Walker Reports