Archive

  • World Bank’s launch C$1bn bond to invest in women and young people

    30 July 2018

    Insurance companies, asset managers and pension funds make up 39% of the 40 investors committed to the bond

  • AXA IMRA and CA Assurances acquire share in French natural gas terminal

    03 July 2018

    Both firms acquire 15.19% and back Fluxys to become majority shareholder

  • Allianz secures £350m student housing partnership

    25 June 2018

    Latest in a series of UK partnerships for Allianz’s property arm

  • How insurers can make the most of their liquid assets

    07 June 2018

    Christelle Ybanez explains why cash doesn't have to be the problem child, and how insurers can generate extra income from their liquid assets without increasing their investment risk

  • Trade associations call for more ambitious STS securitisation framework

    06 June 2018

    Capital charges should be further reduced for non-senior tranches

  • EU’s proposed revision of securitisation risk charges 'not bold enough'

    18 May 2018

    Industry stakeholders have called for a more radical reduction

  • Chinese insurers investing through shadow banks

    14 May 2018

    Move driven by search for higher returns on the back of china’s private sector struggle to find capital

  • Aegon sets aside €85m to resolve asset allocation model errors

    16 February 2018

    Aegon has taken an €85m ($106m) charge in its fourth quarter results in anticipation of settling an investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into its asset management practices.

  • Swiss Re to elect women to board enriching investment, regulation and activism expertise

    08 December 2017

    More women to inject digitalisation experience to senior echelons

  • Societe Generale Securities Services launches ESG reporting tool

    22 November 2017

    Tool measures to investment strategies' impact on environment and society