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Groupama AM favors risky assets
27 November 2020Asset manager bets on a return to pre-crisis growth levels by 09/21 in the US and a year later in Europe
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Use of stress tests: careful not to address the fire that just happened
25 November 2020Ash Belur, a director at Willis Towers Watson's insurance investment team, discusses insurers' usage of stress tests in their investment portfolios and how 2020 might have thrown many of the scenario assumptions out of the window. Interview by Vincent Huck
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Chart: UK insurers' allocation to EEA decreases
20 November 2020But Brexit not the sole driver of the trend
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Neither doom nor boom for European insurers in 2021
19 November 2020But market volatility and credit risk will be key high-risks next year, S&P warns
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Climate transition: insurers should lobby government and engage corporates
19 November 2020Insurers have made progress on investment side but more effort needed in underwriting, Zurich head of sustainability says
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Credit portfolio top of mind this year, Aviva's Blanc says
19 November 2020CEO highlights worrying sectors and where investment opportunities lie
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"ESG reflected in Solvency II capital charges through internal ratings", Axa CIO
18 November 2020Pascal Christory also highlights criteria for choosing ESG data providers
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US Election result: Georgia on investors' mind
18 November 2020The great US election of 2020 is done and it has changed little for insurance investors. Biden's win with a slim majority in Congress, and the likelihood of a gridlock means any major reforms are improbable. Unless Georgia delivers the Senate to the Democrats. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Wellington wins PIC's £700m US muni bond mandate
18 November 2020Manager's climate risk expertise key consideration for mandate win, insurer says
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Sanlam Investment partners with Robeco on ESG
18 November 2020Third-party manager will offer ESG reporting, active ownership and engagement services
- Private credit markets hit $3trn, report finds
- Hanwha Life gets US financial sector foothold with acquisition
- Insurance solutions: Rise of the residential whole loan
- European insurers' ratings safe from EIOPA fossil surcharges, Fitch says
- L&G hits largest US PRT year to date with $2.2bn completed
- Chart of the Week: Ukraine's insurers react, as Russia's miserable invasion hits 1,000 days
- Stars aligned for private markets in 2025, Schroders Capital says
- Manulife names new wealth and AM head, from Citi
- CDPQ appoints new head of Europe
- Has ESG become the ugly duckling of sustainability?
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CDPQ backs $200m funding round for sustainable real assets fund
25 November 2024Pomerleau Capital's PCap real assets fund investing in US energy space
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M&G completes £500m BPA transaction as first 'value share' deal
25 November 2024Proposition allows corporate sponsors to participate in risk and reward generated
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PGIM Real Estate signs $129.12m industrial property financing deal
25 November 2024Senior loan to Logistics Property Co. refinances Philadelphia Box Park Logistics Center
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Green shoots for insurers' understanding of natural capital?
25 November 2024Comparisons between investors' grip on climate and biodiversity show there's plenty of areas in which to grow on the latter, but lessons and benefits can be taken from net-zero approaches
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Fukoku Life voices concern about China's non-performing property loans
25 November 2024Japanese lifer also concerned at looming trade wars