Vincent Huck

• 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

  

• South Koreans’ UK real estate investment doubles in H1

  20 August 2018

  £899m invested by insurance related asset managers, thanks to rule change

• Metlife IM and State Street agree $2bn commercial mortgage deal

  17 August 2018

  As part of the insurer’s asset manager fixed income strategy

• New rule facilitates investments in Argentinian venture capital

  15 August 2018

  Insurers can now invest up to 1% of their net assets in entrepreneurial projects