Archive

  • UK government launches National Wealth Fund with insurers on taskforce and ABI's blessing

    10 July 2024

    Aviva and L&G support fund that aims to catalyse private investment in infrastructure

  • Brookfield closes $15bn carbon transition fund

    22 June 2022

    Said to be largest private fund of its kind in the world

  • COMMENT - CIOs want to see the fine print for infra

    08 November 2021

    Politicians wield fine words about financing infrastructure - of course, because it's not their money on the line

  • Comment: Batman joins Robin at Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero

    05 November 2021

    When Mark Carney's action was missing Bloomberg's ambition

  • Mark Carney borrows from Greta Thunberg's 'Blah Blah Blah' speech in call to action

    01 November 2021

    Former BoE governor says: judge insurers by actions, not words, on net-zero

  • Net Zero Alliance could benefit from climate underwriters' call

    12 July 2021

    New insurance alliance wants members to join NZAOA, too

  • UK top central banker: insurers not doing enough on climate change

    30 December 2019

    Mark Carney made warning to all institutional investors on combatting warming

  • BoE launch consultation on 2021 climate risk stress test proposals

    18 December 2019

    Including test on a potential sudden fire sale of brown assets

  • European insurers vent anger over Brexit in SFCRs

    23 April 2019

    From Austria to Gibraltar underwriters are trying to keep calm and carry on

  • US and UK strike post Brexit derivatives deal

    25 February 2019

    Three-part agreement aims to reassure market regardless of soft or hard Brexit