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Aberdeen Standard Investments to construct its own climate scenarios
14 October 2019Understanding of ESG and climate helping win mandates, asset manager says
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Barings hires Bryant as head of insurance solutions
06 August 2019Working in newly formed institutional solutions group to target global insurers
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BNP Paribas AM appoints head for insurance and pensions solutions
18 April 2018BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNP Paribas AM), the investment management arm of BNP Paribas, has hired Julien Halfon to fill the newly created role of head of pension solutions within its multi asset, quantitative and solutions investment group.
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Aviva appoints Blackie for third-party development
12 April 2018Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva, has appointed Steven Blackie as head of global product strategy to focus on the company's third-party business development.
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PIC invests £60m in City of London's philanthropy
13 March 2018UK bulk annuity provider, Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), has agreed a £60m ($83.4m), 50-year debt investment in the Mercers' Company, a livery company in the City of London.
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Between a rock and a hard place: Japan's life insurers must invest wisely
30 August 2017With negative-yielding domestic bonds, a back book with high return guarantees and a prudential solvency regulation on the horizon, Japanese life insurers are caught between a rock and a hard place. David Turner reports.
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Top 10 ideas for insurance CIOs
03 February 2017Mercer's global insurance investment team has picked out ten initiatives to help chief investment officers navigate a changing landscape and bolster existing operations. Asa Gibson reports
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Investing in a changing climate
12 December 2016The response by insurers' investment operations to climate change has been branded embarrassing. Environmental Finance's Peter Cripps investigates what the industry can do on the asset side of the balance sheet to mitigate climate change risks in the first of a two-part analysis.
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Can investment consultants build a bridge to insurers?
09 November 2016Chief investment officers tell many tales of incompetent and tactless advisors, but admit they do sometimes need help navigating the investment landscape. David Walker investigates the future of the relationship
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New York Life to open investment branch in Japan
21 July 2016Former chief portfolio manager at Nomura Tatsuo Mizutori will lead the division