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KLP removes Rio Tinto and Walmart from investment blacklist
05 July 2019Following on the recommendations of the Council of Ethics of the Government Pension Fund Norway
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Axa IMRA to buy NorthStar Realty Europe
05 July 2019Axa affiliate will take ownership of $1.1bn property portfolio if offer is approved by shareholders
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Aviva backed science fund closes at $250m
04 July 2019Aviva Ventures backs fund advised by Cambridge University entrepreneurs and scientists
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Aviva Investors expands real estate team
03 July 2019Three new hires join central London offices
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Axa Investment Managers appoints global head of fixed income
28 June 2019Christope Herpet takes over from Gilles Dauphiné who joins Amundi
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Heightened appetite for illiquid assets could come back to bite insurers
28 June 2019Lower compensations from illiquid assets, disruption from ESG considerations and political uncertainty as the new norm, are the key issues on top of insurers’ CIOs’ minds, according to an EY survey. Adam Leach reports
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Legal & General in £4bn Oxford University joint venture
27 June 2019UK insurer to finance construction of residential and research buildings through funds from annuities, affiliate managed funds, and shareholders
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Santander buys Allianz out of Banco Popular joint venture for €936.5m
27 June 2019As a result, Allianz will no longer offer asset management to Banco Popular
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Dai-Ichi Life invests $200m in green and sustainability bonds
27 June 2019Japanese insurer is the sole investor in two development banks bonds
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Zurich tightens coal exclusion policy and bars investments in oil sands and shale oil companies
26 June 2019Swiss insurer lowers exclusion threshold from 50% of revenues or electricity generated from coal to 30%