Archive

  • Mapfre subscribes to UN's Responsible Investment Principles

    09 May 2017

    List of insurance signatories grows as pressure mounts on industry to invest responsibly

  • Munich Re harvests gains to feed ZZR

    09 May 2017

    "Unusually high" gain realisation results in "inflated RoI of 3.6%"

  • 'Regulatory framework is imperfect', says Chinese regulator

    08 May 2017

    Circ vows to crackdown on system loopholes, including fund allocations

  • Berkshire's 'huge appetite' for wind and solar assets

    08 May 2017

    Tycoon Warren Buffett says no particular bias against solar, but expects to invest seven times more in wind by 2020

  • Allianz refuses to expand coal exclusion policy to investment business

    05 May 2017

    Insurer divested €225m from coal companies and shed €1bn in bonds in the coal sector

  • Anbang's short-term funding products banned by regulator

    05 May 2017

    Circ concerned premiums will be used to invest in risky or long-term assets

  • 'Insurers need to move from climate talk to climate action'

    05 May 2017

    Axa 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.

  • Emerging market debt and equities lift Argo's returns

    05 May 2017

    Alternatives shine 12 months after firm posts loss on investment

  • Axa IMRA strengthens infrastructure equity team

    04 May 2017

    Jeffrey Woodard follows Mark Gilligan from UBS Asset Management

  • Private equity and hedge funds boost MetLife's investment income

    04 May 2017

    Derivative hedging losses stemmed but remain a thorn in the side