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2024: ESG Indicators (PAIs) Reach New Data Quality Heights for Alternative Investments"
16 September 2024While discussions around "whether and how well alternative investments funds deliver Principal Adverse Impact KPIs (PAIs) via the European ESG Template (EET)" feel as if they happened just yesterday, EU Article 4 SFDR investors such as life insurers and pension funds already published their second PAI statement for 2023.
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Phoenix Group appoints Cecile Retaureau as head of private markets
16 May 2024Joining from UBS
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"Bonds are back" - Goldilocks appears for Lloyd's syndicates' fixed income holdings
18 April 2024Not a big bad bear was in sight when syndicates published annual reports in March, but many warned of elevated geopolitical instability risks
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LGIM appoints Miriam Uebel deputy head of Europe, institutional
10 April 2024Joins from UBS
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AllianzGI hires head of equity Europe core and value
05 March 2024Kayvan Vahid joins from UBS Asset Management
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AllianzGI explains rationale for backing climate resolutions at some but not all oil majors
07 November 2023Activist investor group Follow This highlights European investors' support compared to UK and US investors
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Principal Adverse Impact (PAI) KPIs for Alternative Investments under SFDR
21 September 20232023 has been an extremely important year for Article 4 SFDR investors in the EU such as life insurers, pension funds or alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs). They were required to publish the first Principal Adverse Impact (PAI) statement for the reference year in 2022 no later than 30 June 2023 so that now you have a lot to read on their websites.
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EIOPA reveals AT1 and troubled-bank exposure of Europe's insurers
26 June 2023Financial Stability Report reveals ongoing selling of bank paper exposure by EEA undertakings
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Aviva Investors appoints new head of institutional sales from UBS Asset Management
05 June 2023Monica Fan-Bradley is latest hire into global client solutions team
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Half of European insurers' investments are rated Baa or worse, Moody's estimates
26 April 2023But AT1 debt under 1% of rated underwriters' financial bond holdings