Archive

  • Regulation key to unlock greener investments, ABI says

    11 March 2019

    UK trade body responds to FCA’s discussion paper on climate change and green finance

  • Commission lowers Solvency II charges for equity and private debt

    08 March 2019

    Amendments to enable support for SMEs and long-term funding of the EU economy

  • Hannover Re undershoots 2017 investment result with 3.2%

    07 March 2019

    Group sets yet lower target for 2019

  • Assets in Aviva Investors funds fall by £2.3bn in challenging year

    07 March 2019

    MiFID II blamed for operating profit drop

  • French insurers partner up for major unlisted SME funding initiative

    07 March 2019

    From Axa France to BNP Paribas Cardif and CNP Assurances, France’s largest have helped unlock €22.2bn of fund-based investments for French small caps. Their early-stage returns may be unclear. But their ambitions for the next phase of their investment is only the greater, the heavy hitters tell Vincent Huck

  • Legal & General direct investment grows 34%

    06 March 2019

    Asset management unit achieved the milestone of more than £1trn of assets under management

  • Insurance Europe warns EC taxonomy could prove "counterproductive"

    06 March 2019

    Lobby group warns early movers could be treated unfairly under current proposals

  • EU and UK supervisors agree to share information in case of no-deal Brexit

    05 March 2019

    Authorities sign two MoUs

  • UK regulator consults industry on liquidity risk

    05 March 2019

    PRA warns insurers must understand impact of recent changes in sector on liquidity risk

  • Phoenix to source £1bn/year of illiquid assets

    05 March 2019

    Aims to reach 40% of illiquids in annuity-backing portfolio