Archive

  • Standard Life acquires £26m Birmingham hotel

    17 August 2017

    BNP Paribas Real Estate advised the insurer

  • Private equity and property drive Hannover Re first half returns

    10 August 2017

    But CFO cautions against expecting private equity returns to be repeated

  • M&A: tipping the scales

    09 August 2017

    With a squeeze on fees and increased competition, the asset management world is realising the need for scale. Insurers have already started on the M&A trail, but there appears to be much more on the way. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • NN IP awarded top ESG strategy and governance score

    01 August 2017

    UN's Principles for Responsible Investment also awards A+ rating for the manager's equity investing

  • Insurers blame asset managers for insufficient look-through

    21 July 2017

    European insurers pass the buck onto asset managers for lack of reporting data, but Eiopa pursues a hard line with underwriters facing difficulty getting hands on investment data. David Walker reports

  • 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

  • NN IP negotiates political uncertainty with advanced analytics

    29 June 2017

    Firm analysed market sentiment using self-teaching algorithms, big data and social media during US election

  • Solvency II filings reveal extent of life insurers' illiquid investments

    28 June 2017

    Insurance Risk Data, the data service offered by the publishers of IAR, examined the QRTs of Europe's largest life companies that together run €1trn of investments and found they had allocated €375.7bn to five illiquid asset classes. David Walker reports

  • NN IP urges green bond issuers to adopt KPIs in reports

    16 June 2017

    Investors want to know what impact their investments are making, manager says

  • NN IP names new CIO for combined asset management business

    13 June 2017

    Merger with Delta Lloyd sees CIOs at both investment arms lose out to NN IP's chief strategist