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  • Climate risk: how insurers are failing to join the dots on the investment side

    12 April 2017

    The quantification of climate-related risks is strategically important for insurers in terms of underwriting and investing performance, but the industry is accused of not leveraging its underwriting expertise to benefit its asset allocation strategy. Environmental Finance's Peter Cripps reports

  • Japanese pension interest in hard assets contagious for insurers, says AMP Capital

    12 April 2017

    Affiliate manager expects global deployment of capital into infrastructure and property

  • Lloyd's syndicates slide down credit spectrum to boost returns

    12 April 2017

    Reduced exposure to sovereign and AAA-rated bonds

  • PIC invests £40m with UK housing provider

    12 April 2017

    Fixed rate 16-year debt adds to £2.5bn directly sourced debt portfolio

  • Pan-European Pensions present opportunity for EU infrastructure investment

    11 April 2017

    Eiopa's Bernardino argues investment is limited by scale not regulation

  • Japanese insurers urged to engage directly as shareholders

    11 April 2017

    Firms have four weeks to comment on revised stewardship guidelines

  • Equities boost Tryg's Q1 returns

    11 April 2017

    Increased exposure to equities and emerging market bonds

  • L&G takes private property lending past £2bn

    10 April 2017

    Helps finance £296m acquisition of Olympia London Exhibition Centre

  • Regulation drives insurers' responsible investment initiatives

    10 April 2017

    Performance and peer pressure cited as second and third biggest drivers, says Axa IM

  • China's top regulator embroiled in corruption investigation

    10 April 2017

    Head of the country's insurance watchdog suspected of "serious disciplinary violations"