Archive

  • BlackRock launches ESG emerging market debt funds

    06 August 2018

    With the products expected to spark interest amongst insurers

  • Axa IMRA lets London office space to Hiscox

    06 August 2018

    Bermuda based insurer becomes first tenant of Twentytwo building, where it will set its London headquarters

  • Pimco opens an office in Taiwan

    06 August 2018

    Taipei is the investment management firm’s fifth office in the region

  • New US GAAP rule negatively impacts Swiss Re’s half year results

    03 August 2018

    Investment portfolio also hit by adverse economic environment

  • Brexit triggers cross-border investment strategies

    03 August 2018

    New research reveals asset management uncertainty post-Brexit

  • Allianz managers just shy of €2tr of assets at mid-year

    03 August 2018

    But Pimco and Allianz Global Investors hit peak volumes nonetheless

  • Half year results round up: 02 August

    02 August 2018

    Generali, Aviva Investors, RSA Group, MetLife, Prudential Financial, Direct Line, Axa

  • "Private assets and ESG: today's hot topics" - Schroders' Perisse

    02 August 2018

    Ghislain Périssé joined Schroders as head of insurance strategy in the insurance asset management team in May of this year. Previously at Axa Investment Management, Périssé is based out of Paris, but on a visit to London he sat down with Vincent Huck. In the second part of a two-part article, he discusses the impact of Solvency II on the relationship between the different departments in an insurance company, as well as the investment trends in private assets and sustainable finance.

  • Hedging and affiliates boost Axa fortunes

    02 August 2018

    Higher fees and product mix benefit Axa Investment Managers and US asset management unit Alliancebernstein

  • Italian bond spreads widening dents Generali's solvency ratio

    01 August 2018

    While assets under third party management grow five times faster than group own funds