Archive

  • Chart of the Week - Do PE-linked Lloyd's syndicates take more investment risk?

    12 April 2024

    With PE links to insurers in the sights of regulators worldwide, we investigate the fair value hierarchy of some at Lloyd's

  • Audit committee independence in the crosshairs for Abrdn 2024 proxy voting policy

    11 April 2024

    Along with D&I and virtual general meetings

  • AllianzGI to vote against oil and gas company's climate transition plan

    11 April 2024

    Affiliate says targets not in the spirit of Paris Agreement

  • New research unpicks shortcomings in LDI industry during 2022 gilts crisis

    11 April 2024

    Researchers say Bank of England intervention "offset dysfunction" in gilts market

  • Syndicate linked to hedgie David Einhorn halves losses in 2023

    11 April 2024

    Lloyd's syndicate backs fintechs backed by Einhorn's reinsurer

  • Just Group completes £130m buy-in deal with Lucite pension fund

    11 April 2024

    Deal secures benefits of 438 scheme members

  • What lurks below - Lloyd's syndicates shine a light on 'level 3' illiquid holdings

    11 April 2024

    While liquid bonds dominate syndicates' general accounts, liquidity analysis reveals there is more to investment portfolios at Lloyd's

  • Insurers not holding managers to account on responsible investing, ShareAction finds

    11 April 2024

    Long-term climate ambitions not credible in the face of weak commitments, NGO laments

  • Private debt at the forefront of insurers' continued advance into private markets

    10 April 2024

    According to global insurance survey by Mercer and Oliver Wyman

  • Three-quarters of European institutional investors expect ESG to have bigger investment role in next 12 months

    10 April 2024

    According to research from Coalition Greenwich, which also found 45% of asset managers in Europe have or are developing AI