Archive

  • PIC completes £190m buy-in with Atradius

    07 November 2024

    Deal covers 361 current pensioners and dependents

  • Review regulators in order to escape BANANA economy trap, PIC urges next UK government

    27 June 2024

    Pensions insurer says country is stuck in "Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything (or "Anyone")" status quo, despite ample domestic capital

  • The BPA sector is running hot - could anything slow this busy market down?

    17 June 2024

    Leading insurance investors in the UK pension risk transfer market sat down at Insurance Asset Risk's recent EMEA conference in London to discuss the burgeoning BPA sector and what, if anything, could waylay its dazzling progress

  • Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2024 conference round up

    10 June 2024

    Geopolitics and its impact on markets running thread of conference's discussions

  • IAR EMEA 2024: The burgeoning BPA market will continue to break records...

    10 June 2024

    ... but beware of some of the "breaks" in the system

  • Regulation and lack of council expertise is driving investment inequality in the UK

    17 January 2024

    PIC's managing director, Hayley Rees, explains on behalf of the Purposeful Finance Commission how local council constraints and a complex planning regime have held back investment outside the UK capital

  • Getting real about sustainable assets?

    09 May 2023

    Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's real asset conference 2023 debunk the idea of a 'greenium' and praise a widening of the real asset sustainability investment universe. Josh Adcock reports.

  • Residential on the rise

    23 August 2022

    Residential assets are a hot topic, but is the trend in conversation correlated to a trend in asset allocation? And do these assets really provide the inflation protection that some hope for? Abbie Wood asks

  • PIC commits £200m to UK retirement communities

    30 June 2022

    Its first investment in market with "huge untapped potential"

  • Real estate investing is a universe that needs to be mastered

    06 April 2022

    Panellists agree that specialised knowledge and expertise is a 'must-have' for direct real estate investments