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  • MetLife prioritises ESG over hedge funds

    11 May 2018

    MetLife's CIO Steve Goulart talks about the continued drive towards ESG investments as well as the company's plan to develop its third-party asset management business. By Paul Walsh and Sarfraz Thind

  • Aviva Life purchases two green bonds for £100m

    11 May 2018

    Bonds issued by the developer Tideway to help finance 25km sewer tunnel under River Thames

  • Third Point Re posts loss of $26m

    11 May 2018

    Loss driven by investment income drop, particularly in the long equity portfolio

  • Aviva under fire for taking only "baby steps" to move away from coal

    10 May 2018

    Aviva has become the latest insurer slammed by the Unfriend Coal network for investing in the coal sector.

  • Allianz and CPPIB invest in India private infrastructure investment trust

    10 May 2018

    Trust will focus on development of toll roads and road infrastructure in India

  • Japanese insurer takes first step towards divestment from coal

    10 May 2018

    Believed to be the first time that a Japanese financial institution has announced such a policy.

  • Foresters Friendly ready to dump sterling assets to tackle Brexit

    09 May 2018

    Corrado Pistarino, chief investment officer at Foresters Friendly, outlines his firm's risk management strategy if things deteriorate with Brexit and what asset managers need to do in order to win mandates from insurance clients. By Cintia Cheong

  • California conducts US insurance investment climate risk study

    09 May 2018

    Stress test conducted to determine climate-related risk to insurance industry investments

  • Axa Investment Managers enters Irish private rented sector

    09 May 2018

    Joint venture with Kennedy Wilson, investing into a 1,173 portfolio

  • Allianz Real Estate appoints DaSilva to head US loan and assets group

    09 May 2018

    Allianz Real Estate, the property arm of the German insurer, has appointed Peggy DaSilva as head of the loan and asset management group for the Americas.