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Aviva Investors' head of ESG moves to St. James's Place

Andy Ford becomes head of responsible investment at the firm

Brexit boon for insurers invested in European property

UK decision flushes other real estate markets with liquidity

Aberdeen Standard Investments' CIO's interesting 12 months

Rod Paris, CIO at Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), talks about the company's transformational twelve months following the merger and that cancelled Scottish Widows mandate, likely to cost the company some 20% of its assets. By Sarfraz Thind

Aberdeen Standard equity restructure sees six fund managers depart

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has restructured its equity division leading to the departure of six fund managers.

Former Standard Life Investments' head of equities joins Aviva Investors

David Cumming appointed CIO for equities

Brexit the great infrastructure unknown

With huge competition and a small pool of opportunities, infrastructure investment is not easy in the UK. And things are likely to be even less stable post-Brexit. But could the divorce from the EU actually be a boon for insurance investors? Sarfraz Thind reports

Rock 'n rolling stock: insurers find an opportunity in railway assets

Having facilitated some £2bn of direct investment in UK rail in less than two years, Rock Rail is helping to ease the industry's infrastructure woes with a steady pipeline of projects insurers can gain direct exposure to. Asa Gibson reports

Aviva Investors poaches former SLI director for multi-asset fund

MassMutual among insurers boosting Asian private equity

Asian insurers also want more exposure to local unlisted equity, according to research

Between a rock and a hard place: Japan's life insurers must invest wisely

With negative-yielding domestic bonds, a back book with high return guarantees and a prudential solvency regulation on the horizon, Japanese life insurers are caught between a rock and a hard place. David Turner reports.