Archive

  • Steering investments at Hong Kong's flagship insurer

    06 June 2019

    Mark Konyn, chief investment officer at AIA Group, meets with Insurance Asset Risk in Hong Kong and explains how the insurer centralised its group-wide investment function and the potential impact regulatory changes that are sweeping through the region might have on its asset allocation. Interview by Vincent Huck

  • CFA UK launches ESG certificate

    14 May 2019

    As reported by Insurance Asset Risk in September 2018

  • Asset risk: biggest risk for Asian insurers

    02 May 2019

    With a lack of domestic long dated assets to match their long-term liabilities and some restrictions on overseas investments, Asian insurers’ biggest risk exposure comes from their investments. In Hong Kong, Vincent Huck meets with regional and local stakeholders to understand how they are coping and their expectations for the upcoming changes in regulations.

  • Investors’ engagement results in Equinor’s climate change commitments

    25 April 2019

    Storebrand’s asset management unit part of investor group leading engagement process

  • AIA appoints HSBC Asset Management for infra debt mandate

    12 April 2019

    Partnership aims to tackle lack of long-dated assets for long-term liabilities in APAC

  • People moves Round-up: 29 March 2019

    29 March 2019

    M&G Prudential, Allianz Global Investors, Axa Investment Managers

  • Did you say impact?

    05 February 2019

    Every investment has an impact, so what is meant by ‘impact investing’ and how can one measure the impact of an investment. Vincent Huck reports on a new measurement framework launched by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

  • Argentinian insurers agree to increase investments against tax deductions

    28 January 2019

    In a deal with the government of Argentina

  • Appointment round-up

    07 December 2018

    Legal & General and Axa announce real asset hires

  • 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