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NN reveals carbon footprint of asset portfolio
01 September 2017Insurer's chief investment officer Jelle van der Giessen expects the group to expand the scope of its analysis to include its sizeable mortgage portfolio
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LGIM expands active equity team
01 September 2017Appointment of Nigel Masding follows that of Stephen Message last month
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Zurich reaches $2bn green bond target
01 September 2017The insurer will continue to invest in green bonds, but insists greater clarity and objectivity of "greenness" is needed
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German trade body calls for proportionality on look-through
31 August 2017GDV's plea comes as Insurance Risk Data reveals Germany's largest fund-investing insurers
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Between a rock and a hard place: Japan's life insurers must invest wisely
30 August 2017With negative-yielding domestic bonds, a back book with high return guarantees and a prudential solvency regulation on the horizon, Japanese life insurers are caught between a rock and a hard place. David Turner reports.
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ASR re-risks investment portfolio
30 August 2017Dutch insurer piles into US debt and mortgages
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Baloise softens blow of low rates with US dollar real assets
30 August 2017Move away from Swiss bonds provides net return of 1.4% on insurance investments
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SLI insurance director joins Aviva Investors
30 August 2017Iain Forrester appointed head of insurance investment strategy, global investment solutions
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Allianz GI poaches investment strategist from MetLife
29 August 2017Mona Mahajan hired to communicate the group's "house view"
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Poor investment climate and crackdown on unorthodox products lead to Anbang downgrade
25 August 2017Rating agency Dagong also highlights problematic debt burden of foreign loan investments under domestic guarantee