Cintia Cheong

Articles by Cintia Cheong

  • Allianz X invests $35m in South Asian mobile platform

    11 April 2018

    Allianz X, the digital investment unit of the German insurer Allianz, has invested $35m in Indonesian ride-hailing platform Go-Jek.

  • L&G invests £180m in Woodside industrial estate

    10 April 2018

    LGIM Real Assets, the property business of Legal & General (L&G) Investment Management, has acquired Woodside Industrial Estate in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, from investment firm Harbert Management Corporation for £182.3m ($256.9m).

  • ASI launches first European property fund for insurers and pension funds

    06 April 2018

    Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), the asset management business of Standard Life Aberdeen, has launched a European Residential Property Fund targeting insurers and pension funds.

  • MetLife buys €100m green bonds

    04 April 2018

    MetLife Investment Management, the asset management arm of US insurer MetLife, has purchased €100m ($123m) of green bonds from WDP, a real estate investment company based in Belgium.

  • Lloyd's sets criteria for coal divestment policy, but activists say it's not enough

    03 April 2018

    Lloyd's of London will not invest in firms which have 30% or greater of their revenues or electricity generated from coal, produce 20 million tonnes plus of coal a year or operate 10GW or greater of coal-fired power stations, climate activists said today.

  • Allianz Real Estate expands into CEE with Vienna office managed by Villadsen

    28 March 2018

    Allianz Real Estate, the property arm of the German insurer, has opened an office in Vienna and appointed Thomas Villadsen to the newly-created role of director of Austria and Central & Eastern Europe (CEE).

  • PGIM Real Estate promotes executive director to head of European investment research

    27 March 2018

    PGIM Real Estate, the real estate business of Prudential Financial's investment unit, has named its current executive director Greg Kane as head of European investment research.

  • Axa IMRA acquires Finnish commercial portfolio

    27 March 2018

    Axa Investment Managers - Real Assets (Axa IMRA) has purchased the Kluuvi retail and office asset in the centre of Helsinki, Finland, for an undisclosed price.

  • Zurich's Johanna Köb: investors can make a return while doing good

    26 March 2018

    Johanna Köb, head of responsible investment at Zurich, talks to Cintia Cheong on the importance of adequate pricing of greenhouse gases and how investors can make a profit while doing good to the society and environment.

  • Aviva Investors invests £113m in Salford office

    21 March 2018

    Aviva Investors, the asset management business of the UK insurer, has agreed to fund the development of Two New Bailey Square, an office building in Salford, Manchester, for £113m ($158m).