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French insurers’ climate-related disclosures under the spotlight
23 November 2018Disclosures have improved, but retail investors still do not know whether their savings are invested in a sustainable future
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Insurers hear train coming
16 August 2018Europe's liberalisation move in the rail sector provides ample promises of returns for institutional investors such as insurers. Despite tailwinds from the legislators and regulators, investors still have to manage the complexity of such deals as well as the risks they incur to ultimately be on the right track. David Walker reports
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Swiss Life extends German property reach with M&A
25 June 2018The market is the group's second favourite for property, alongside France
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Standard Life Investments launches EMD unconstrained SICAV
05 October 2016Manager has scope to invest $100m in more than 70 countries
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Standard Life Investments plans to reopen £2.9bn property fund
22 September 2016Trading suspension post-Brexit to be lifted in the fourth quarter
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Brexit hits UK insurance property valuations
30 June 2016Standard Life and LGIM cut valuations on property funds in reaction to volatility
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Standard Life Investments buys Paris office development
17 August 2015Second forward purchase in French capital in less than a year
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Investing £25bn in infrastructure not so easy for UK insurers
29 June 2015Increased competition, compressed spreads on debt, construction risk and regulatory charges are just some of the factors that have helped to crimp progress on an ambitious programme of infrastructure investment that six UK insurers committed to in 2013. Mark Nicholls explains