Archive

  • Axa IMRA spends ¥100bn on Japanese logistics assets

    08 January 2019

    Firm forms joint-venture with ESR and acquires five assets in Greater Tokyo and one in Greater Osaka

  • Trend towards illiquids here to stay, BlackRock report finds

    08 January 2019

    Two-thirds of surveyed insurers are to increase allocations in real assets, with just under three quarters planning to increase private credit

  • Video: Fiduciary duty evolved in light of sustainable finance

    08 January 2019

    Erick Decker, CIO for the Mediterranean and LATAM regions at Axa, tells Vincent Huck how asset managers' fiduciary duty has evolved because of the integration of environmental, social and governance criteria in the investment process.

  • Munich Re creates CIO role

    07 January 2019

    On the back of the retirement of both its CFO and its asset manager’s CEO

  • Deal round-up: Folksam Group, Nippon Life

    07 January 2019

    Folksam increase share in Volvo, and Nippon Life invests in South Australian windfarm

  • UK firms transfer £800bn in assets to Europe ahead of Brexit

    07 January 2019

    According to EY in the UK, since the EU referendum, 20 companies, including six insurers, have announced a transfer of assets out of London to Europe

  • M&G Real Estate buys Helsinki office building for €116m

    07 January 2019

    Finnish capital moves up to 10th spot in connectivity ranking as investment in Nordic region reaches €720m

  • Californian insurers staking outsized bets on global warmers

    07 January 2019

    Research identifies concentrations in portfolios of state’s underwriters

  • Legal & General Capital backs renewables fund

    04 January 2019

    Insurer’s investment affiliate will provide a fifth of the capital in NTR Renewable Income Fund II

  • California COIN investments near $30bn, insurance commissioner calculates

    04 January 2019

    Dave Jones calls for tax credit, and data gathering, to be reinstated