Archive

• Chart of the Week - MA is a £78bn capital goldmine that UK lifers just keep digging

  02 May 2025

  Lifers exhibit 190% average solvency ratio with the MA, just 85% without it

• UK lifers unlock £78bn of capital benefits from MA in 2024

  01 May 2025

  Their benefit comprised £34.7bn lower SCRs and £43.4bn higher eligible own funds

• Scottish Widows appoints Aberdeen Investments to manage new LTAF

  30 April 2025

  Private markets-focused fund to launch later this year

• How to make infrastructure investments in an over saturated market? Diversify!

  17 April 2025

  Emerging markets are an increasingly wise prospect, IAR's recent Investing in Real Asset Conference in London has heard

• IAR Real Assets: Insurers "walking away" from infra transactions due to pricing

  31 March 2025

  Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's Real Assets conference highlight pricing challenges in infrastructure

• Axa IM to push large UK retailers to pay "real living wage"

  27 March 2025

  Affiliate is reportedly being joined by Scottish Widows and Cadano in shareholder resolutions

• Scottish Widows' head of RI on AI and AMs' voting records

  17 March 2025

  Eva Cairns, head of responsible investment at Scottish Widows, explains the firm's governance policy around AI and the outcome of expecting voting policy adherence from asset managers

• It will take more than Solvency tweaks to mobilise capital in UK plc

  10 March 2025

  Private sector stakeholders highlight the need for more effective blended finance solutions at ABI annual conference

• Scottish Widows signs RI partnership with Robeco

  24 January 2025

  Including creation of customised equities indices incorporating responsible investment principles

• Investment Delivery Forum to charge up EV infrastructure with new blended finance model

  26 July 2024

  ABI's initiative releases final report with 10-point plan to leverage Solvency UK and invest in new areas, including nuclear