Archive

  • Emerging market debt investments attractive in the long run

    12 June 2018

    62% of surveyed investors said it is attractive to hold for more than five years

  • New sustainability index puts food sector on insurance industry's plate

    01 June 2018

    A new index to capture the investment risks and opportunities in the food sector through the ESG lens has been launched. Abigail Herron discusses the findings on 60 of the largest listed livestock and fisheries companies, many of which will feature heavily in insurers' investment portfolios

  • World's top insurers stalling on climate change drive

    24 May 2018

    While insurers are increasingly acute to environmental risks which might impact both sides of their balance sheet, new research has found that their investment strategies are not in line with the Paris Agreement. The research was published the same week Royal Dutch Shell held its AGM and shareholders, including some large insurers, were asked to vote on a climate resolution. Did they stand up to the test? Paul Walsh and Vincent Huck report

  • Policy changes needed to stimulate infrastructure investments by US life insurers

    21 May 2018

    TIAA white paper suggests four policy solutions to make public-private partnerships more attractive to investors

  • NN to divest tobacco investments

    17 May 2018

    No longer fits with responsible investment approach, says CIO

  • Axa Investment Managers enters Irish private rented sector

    09 May 2018

    Joint venture with Kennedy Wilson, investing into a 1,173 portfolio

  • NN Group and BNG Bank unlock €300m for social real estate investments

    01 May 2018

    Funding for sustainable improvements to schools, town halls and other public buildings

  • Trump tax law decimates P&C demand for municipal bonds

    11 April 2018

    Last year's US tax law is destroying insurer demand for municipal bonds, once considered the most attractive surplus cash investment for the country's property and casualty insurers. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Axa IMRA acquires commercial development in Munich

    21 March 2018

    Axa Investment Managers - Real Assets (AXA IMRA) has acquired a commercial development in Munich, Germany, from TREI, the real estate platform of the Tengelmann 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