Vincent Huck

• PartnerRe appoints new CIO

  31 August 2018

  Former Generali CIO Nikhil Srinivasan takes over from Andrea Casarotti

• Impact investing: a new dawn

  30 August 2018

  As ESG issues are becoming mainstream finance and the concept of 'doing good' is overtaking the idea of 'doing no harm' investment opportunities are emerging with promises of financial returns for investors. Molly Wilson and Vincent Huck report

  

• Insurers underperform on ESG integration

  30 August 2018

  In particular US insurers struggle with the heavily politicised issue of climate change

• Chinese insurers’ AuM grew 11.4% in 2017

  23 August 2018

  Exposure to bonds grew by 20%

• Risk management and optimizing investment strategies

  23 August 2018

  Insurers want more alternative assets but struggle to evaluate the optimum risk/return portfolio

• Real estate bonds attractive but not risk-free, Austrian regulator warns

  22 August 2018

  189 real estate bonds have been issued on the Austrian capital market in Q1 2018

• Argentina launches ARS$ 6bn fund to finance SMEs

  22 August 2018

  Especially targeted at insurance companies’ investments

• AllianceBernstein closes third US commercial real estate fund

  21 August 2018

  With $3.1bn capital committed, including from global insurers

• LGIM Real Assets acquires Manchester tower

  21 August 2018

  As part of its strategy to scale up its build to rent portfolio

• Insurers rate poorly on ESG reporting and integration

  21 August 2018

  A new report by research and rating agency Vigeo Eiris has ranked the insurance industry 23rd out 39 for environment, social and governance related performance. In particular the report highlights the industry's weakness in dealing with climate risk on both sides of its balance sheet. Vincent Huck reports