Archive

  • Dai-ichi Life applies ESG index to in-house managed foreign equity investments

    01 October 2020

    Index based on MSCI ACWI ESG benchmark

  • Macquarie makes £120m debt investment in UK energy from waste assets

    01 October 2020

    Investing on behalf of pension fund and insurance clients from the UK, Europe, and Asia

  • SCOR appoints new CFO

    01 October 2020

    Ian Kelly takes over Mark Kociancic, who goes to Everest Re

  • Rating agency CMBS reviews affirm USA insurers' concerns

    30 September 2020

    S&P downgrades 185 CMBS transactions in September as COVID-19 ravages sector

  • Insurer complains of mediocre performance by outsourced manager

    30 September 2020

    SFCR suggests French mutual has since ditched equities manager

  • LGIM Real Assets announces £81.5m forward-funding deal in Glasgow

    30 September 2020

    Build to Rent fund holds £1.9bn of assets

  • Convertible bonds shine in COVID-19 induced volatility

    30 September 2020

    Market turbulences in H1 2020 may have hit hard the asset side of insurers' balance sheet, but some assets thrive in muddy waters. David Turner looks at convertible bonds.

  • German insurers reveal how and why they use Spezialfonds

    30 September 2020

    Research from Insurance Risk Data examines underwriters' relationships with Spezialfonds

  • China eases restrictions on two programmes for foreign investors

    30 September 2020

    Relaxing QFII and RQFII allows institutional investors further access to Chinese financial markets

  • Chesnara Dutch business moves from corporates to mortgages via govvies

    29 September 2020

    Around €150m reinvested in mortgages