Archive

  • 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

  • Factor investing - from idea to implementation

    03 May 2017

    Eager for better risk-adjusted returns and greater diversification, insurers are warming up to factor-based investment strategies. Invesco's Ed Collinge and Georg Elsaesser explain why the approach is proving popular with the industry.

  • Vivat's investment business excludes coal mining companies

    03 May 2017

    Dutch asset manager Actiam will exclude companies that earn more than 15% of revenues from coal

  • Axa IMRA buys €1bn European logistics portfolio

    03 May 2017

    Undersupply of prime stock and high demand through e-commerce make logistics sector "highly compelling"

  • Allianz-led consortium acquires UK's largest water supplier

    02 May 2017

    Insurer attracted by industry's transparency and inflation-linked, predictable cashflows

  • French elections are "crucial" for future of Europe, says NN's CIO

    28 April 2017

    Political events emerge as number one concern for insurance investment chiefs in Goldman Sachs Asset Management's survey of insurance investors, having not been considered as a threat in 2015. Asa Gibson reports