Archive

  • Nippon Life signs responsible investment pledge

    21 March 2017

    Intends to invest ¥200bn in ESG bonds

  • Allianz and Aviva's asset managers on sustainable infrastructure work stream

    27 February 2017

    UN-backed initiative seeks to engage infrastructure investors with ESG principles

  • Zurich chooses Columbia Threadneedle to manage ESG equity strategy

    20 February 2017

    Insurer targets improved long-term financial returns

  • ESG investment: the bleeding edge?

    17 February 2017

    Responsible investing is increasingly mentioned in the investment process, and insurers certainly wear their ESG principles as a badge of honour. But, despite the talk, does ESG really influence investment policy? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Zurich invests €100m in local German green bond

    26 January 2017

    Purchase extends support for region's ecological projects

  • German insurers grew investments by 4% in 2015

    20 December 2016

    BaFin data shows investment funds the big winners

  • Farmers hires Zurich Switzerland's CIO

    16 December 2016

    Tom Rogers leaves parent company to lead investments at US non-life business

  • What are the ESG alternatives to renewables and divestment?

    14 December 2016

    Hot on the heels of the FSB's guide to incorporating climate risks in investment decisions, Environmental Finance's Peter Cripps examines some of the alternative strategies being executed by insurers to reduce their exposures to risks stemming from climate change.

  • Zurich completes real estate hat-trick in Germany

    01 December 2016

    Third property deal in a week as insurer eyes prime location and high occupancy rate

  • Zurich acquires German office complex

    29 November 2016

    Insurer targets illiquidity premium through direct property investments