Archive

  • Société Générale insurer raises €200m capital after investment volatility hits

    29 April 2020

    Underwriter cited equity- and credit spread-risks in SFCR

  • France's largest insurers looking for climate-conscious asset managers

    19 November 2019

    Three mandates totalling €500m open for tender

  • Insurers invest €370m in Poland’s third green bond issuance

    04 March 2019

    Insurance companies and pension funds buy €190m and €180m in Poland’s 30-year and 10-year green notes

  • French insurers’ climate-related disclosures under the spotlight

    23 November 2018

    Disclosures have improved, but retail investors still do not know whether their savings are invested in a sustainable future

  • Aviva Investors finances €1.5bn windfarm

    18 July 2018

    Insurer amongst 13 international lenders to participate in the financing of the German 396 MW Merkur offshore windfarm.

  • Societe Generale Securities Services launches ESG reporting tool

    22 November 2017

    Tool measures to investment strategies' impact on environment and society

  • 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

  • Generali Investments appoints Chaigneau as head of research

    04 August 2017

    Responsible for providing credit, equity, macro and market research to assist group investments

  • Private debt blues

    19 July 2017

    Private debt seems the perfect fit for insurance investors with its long-term horizon, better-than-average returns and graspable risk for those used to dealing with fixed income. Yet the regulatory stance on the asset has not been overly clear so far. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Investing in a changing climate

    12 December 2016

    The response by insurers' investment operations to climate change has been branded embarrassing. Environmental Finance's Peter Cripps investigates what the industry can do on the asset side of the balance sheet to mitigate climate change risks in the first of a two-part analysis.