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Insurers urged to monitor €500bn of investments for climate-friendliness
20 June 2019Investments in climate policy relevant sectors has increased “across the board” among non-retail investors since 2013, EU report finds
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Reporting standardisation needed amid reticence to SDG bonds
20 June 2019Pimco says fear of SDG-washing greatest hurdle to market expansion
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Creating a regulatory and policy environment that supports long-term insurance, part II
20 June 2019At Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2019 conference UK and European insurers discuss as part of a panel the pressing regulatory issues challenging their investment. In the second part of this two-part series, they discuss the MA and transition from Libor. Compiled by David Walker
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ReinSTSted: Are new rules reopening the ABS market for insurers?
Holding asset-backed securities has been a challenge for most insurers since the dislocations of the global financial crisis and introduction of Solvency II. This year, new regulation offers the potential for Solvency II-regulated firms to return to securitised debt investments, says James King, fund manager at M&G.
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Call for bonds to back sustainable palm oil
18 June 2019Legal & General Investment Management’s head of sustainability advocates the use of bonds to showcase good practice
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African infrastructure, an asset class underserved by insurers
18 June 2019Sanjeev Gupta, executive director at Africa Finance Corporation and former CEO of Sanlam Investment Management Emerging Markets operations speaks to Insurance Asset Risk about mitigating risks in African infrastructure investments and why insurers are under-investing in the asset class. Interview by Vincent Huck
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European Insurers’ favour affiliates as manager of choice
18 June 2019Analysis of 200 European underwriters’ SFCRs by Insurance Risk Data reveals
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Global actuaries body launches climate risk analysis
18 June 2019Risk can only be tackled through global solutions, Hanak tells French actuarial profession
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WTW appoints head of insurance investment solutions group
18 June 2019Gareth Sutcliffe joins from EY
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Insurers need to put their money where their mouth is, on climate risk
17 June 2019French actuarial profession told at its annual congress