Archive

  • Planet's largest investors "absolutely" have enough financial firepower to combat, and pay for, warming climate, Swiss Re says

    29 March 2024

    Reinsurer's Moses Ojeisekhoba says climate-infrastructure benefits societies broadly, boosting yields on other local assets

  • Chart of the Week - How hiccups emerged in property risk-taking in Swiss Life's business

    29 March 2024

    Swiss Life's recent annual results showed how problematic property investments can be for insurers these days

  • RLAM launches natural capital strategy with farmland acquisition

    28 March 2024

    Joint deal with South Yorkshire Pension Authority invests £260m in 21,000 acres

  • Aviva seals £45m buy-in with Robertson Research Group

    28 March 2024

    Scheme overcomes liquidity issues to complete deal

  • South Korean insurers generate nearly KRW 3trn investment income in 2023

    28 March 2024

    Aggregated assets of insurance companies down 6.5% from end of 2022

  • Meiji Yasuda reveals distributing JPY 200bn more in decarbonisation finance than originally proposed

    28 March 2024

    President Hideki Nagashima has strengthened emissions goals "as the effects of climate change are becoming more serious"

  • Upside remains for Japanese lifers if JGB yields rise further, Fitch says

    28 March 2024

    A new macroeconomic landscape has dawned in Japan after central bank abandoned key policies

  • Tokio Marine outsources impact investment to Macquarie fund

    28 March 2024

    Japanese insurer is expanding its two-year old impact investment programme

  • Insurers expect investment complexity to increase over next two years

    27 March 2024

    Research from Ortec Finance finds 89% of respondents expect a rise in allocations to alternative assets in the next 12 months

  • Investec launches £250m UK real estate equity strategy

    27 March 2024

    Closes first investment in office space sector