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Are utilities a more risky business than investors think?
02 October 2023With recent turbulence in the water utilities sector, the traditional image of utilities as low-risk, highly regulated and stable assets may have been upended - but do insurers still view the sector as a safe bet?
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Oil and gas falling short of transition expectations, Aviva Investors says
09 August 2023Asset manager also sceptical of SLBs although it prefers their structure over green bonds
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UK insurers eye Solvency II reform to tap into SLB market
Liz Cain, head of debt origination at Pension Insurance Corporation, discusses how reform to Solvency II rules in the UK could open the sustainability-linked bond market to insurers, and the benefits of such instruments in a responsible investment strategy.
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IAR EMEA audience dissatisfied with UK Solvency reform
28 June 2023But panellists point to the positives of the reform to insurers' investments, as Vincent Huck reports
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Video: Solvency UK reform & greenwashing
26 June 2023Interview with head of debt origination at Pension Insurance Corporation
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Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2023 conference round up
12 June 2023The conference was held in London on 12 June and highlighted the investment risks and opportunities facing insurers. Vincent Huck reports
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IAR EMEA: US credit markets turn UK insurers' heads
12 June 2023As duration is found wanting at home
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PIC grows exposure to UK social housing
27 July 2017Announces £60m deal split into three tranches to match its liabilities
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PIC invests £60m in UK student accommodation
07 June 2017Deal is a 'good match' for PIC's pension liabilities
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PIC invests £40m with UK housing provider
12 April 2017Fixed rate 16-year debt adds to £2.5bn directly sourced debt portfolio