Sarfraz Thind

• PGIM poaches AllianzGI's head of global ESG research

  10 September 2020

  Unanyants-Jackson had been with the German asset manager since 2016

• US insurers' alternative assets escape COVID-19 downturn

  08 September 2020

  Hedge funds, private equity and real estate assets present liquidity challenges, says NAIC

• COVID-19 first sustainability crisis of 21st century, Pimco says

  07 September 2020

  Pandemic could act as springboard to more sustainable investing

• Apollo-led consortium closes $5.5bn Abu Dhabi real estate deal

  07 September 2020

  Transaction placed entirely with insurers and pension funds including Athene

• USA insurers search for the golden age of credit

  07 September 2020

  For the harried insurer, dealing with a projected lifetime of low interest rates, is there any value left in the corporate bond market? Some believe there is, and particularly so in that much-derided BBB segment. Sarfraz Thind reports

  

• Prudential Private Capital invests $140m in utility financing

  04 September 2020

  Mortgage bond financing for DP&L electricity company

• MetLife IM seals $6.2bn of private placement debt deals in H1

  26 August 2020

  Asset manager finances deals across diverse sectors in face of pandemic

• The year USA investors woke to social investing

  24 August 2020

  The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the most vulnerable parts of society and highlighted social inequalities globally. In the USA, this combined with the death of George Floyd and the revitalisation of the Black Lives Matter movement, has prompted insurers to embrace 'social investing'. But is this a long-term trend or a one-off? Sarfraz Thind asks.

  

• Storebrand AM to exclude coal and oil company investments

  24 August 2020

  Outlines plans as part of new climate policy to accelerate green transition

• L&G promotes Rob Codling to head £3.2bn property fund

  20 August 2020

  Aims to diversify portfolio in alternatives and operational assets