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SimCorp adds Solvency II risk function to investment software

Product helps insurers model solvency requirement for allocations

Insurers' third-party coal assets attacked by environmentalists

With some firms withdrawing their own investments from coal-related businesses, environmentalists are pressuring insurers to act on third-party assets. Cintia Cheong reports

Allianz GI bolsters renewable energy fund with wind farm investment

Mapfre boosts funds and shares allocation while fixed income drops

Spanish group also highlights €300m move into alternatives

L&G funds office development in Glasgow in joint venture

Munich Re will hold steady on equities despite market volatility

Chief financial officer says 10-year bunds at 1% would not be abnormal

Aviva Investors to fund London industrial units

ASR collaborates with bank on €600m sustainable lending mandate

Dutch insurer ASR and Triodos Bank are to jointly lend €600m ($748m) to environmentally and socially aware businesses.

UK's matching adjustment proposals fall short of expectations - ABI

Progress in the right direction but criteria still too restrictive, argues association

Axa IM attracts insurers to $1.4bn of CLO deals

Axa Investment Managers (Axa IM) has raised $1.4bn in three collateralised loan obligation (CLO) deals over the last 12 months – with insurers accounting for almost a quarter of the total.