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Second phase of Solvency UK will broaden investment opportunities, L&G group CEO says
13 December 2023Phase two will be a "critical lever", Nigel Wilson says, as phase one is set to become law
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UK government unveils reforms to prod insurers towards private assets
11 July 2023Six UK insurers sign up to Chancellor of Exchequer's investment aspirations
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How best to describe a stuff-up? SFCR writers confront Whitehall's gilts-storm
01 May 2023Remember, remember the 23rd of September - when gilt yields exploded, without a mote of gunpowder in sight. David Walker reads how UK insurers revisited the scene in their SFCRs
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HSBC's "nut job" ESG head quits in protest of cancel culture
07 July 2022Stuart Kirk was suspended for speech attacking climate influence on investing
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Comment - What insurers can learn from the furore about HSBC AM and climate change
01 June 2022Any insurers arguing climate change doesn't matter are shooting at their own feet
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L&G's chief executive defends climate free speech
01 June 2022Nigel Wilson supports right to air anti-climate change comments as HSBC's Stuart Kirk fallout continues
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L&G Capital makes first US investment
24 May 2022With $500m seed capital for a $4bn real estate platform
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A match, a spark! - the MA ignites UK lifers' investment appetites
02 May 2022The MA has given UK lifers about £400bn of capital benefit since 2016 - and more fruitful use of it to invest in the real economy could yet come, if HM Treasury's proposals are enacted. David Walker investigates
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Chart of the Week - UK lifers' MA benefit revealed
29 April 2022EIOPA's MA is a £400bn capital gift to UK life insurers
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Inflows to LGIM hit six-year low as L&G Capital hits another high
10 March 2021L&G Capital seeking £2bn of alternatives, and £9bn assets from external customers