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IPO will bring life insurance and asset management closer together, says Axa chief
10 May 2017Axa to float US business, including stake in manager AB – under new leadership, following loss of large institutional mandate
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Mapfre subscribes to UN's Responsible Investment Principles
09 May 2017List of insurance signatories grows as pressure mounts on industry to invest responsibly
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Munich Re harvests gains to feed ZZR
09 May 2017"Unusually high" gain realisation results in "inflated RoI of 3.6%"
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'Regulatory framework is imperfect', says Chinese regulator
08 May 2017Circ vows to crackdown on system loopholes, including fund allocations
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Berkshire's 'huge appetite' for wind and solar assets
08 May 2017Tycoon Warren Buffett says no particular bias against solar, but expects to invest seven times more in wind by 2020
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Allianz refuses to expand coal exclusion policy to investment business
05 May 2017Insurer divested €225m from coal companies and shed €1bn in bonds in the coal sector
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Anbang's short-term funding products banned by regulator
05 May 2017Circ concerned premiums will be used to invest in risky or long-term assets
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'Insurers need to move from climate talk to climate action'
05 May 2017Axa and Vivat's investment arms recently announced coal exclusion policies, while Axa also committed to stop underwriting coal projects – could this be a model for the rest of the industry? Peter Bosshard from anti-fossil fuel NGO the Sunrise Project comments.
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Emerging market debt and equities lift Argo's returns
05 May 2017Alternatives shine 12 months after firm posts loss on investment
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Axa IMRA strengthens infrastructure equity team
04 May 2017Jeffrey Woodard follows Mark Gilligan from UBS Asset Management