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EU's CMU consultation puts equity capital charge under the spotlight again
06 July 2020Insurance Europe again calls for review of equity charge reviving the debate over the Solvency II equity treatment and potentially setting a collision course with the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority. Vincent Huck reports
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France's largest insurers select three "climate conscious" managers
03 July 2020Amundi, Sycomore AM and HSBC GAM win outsourcing mandates for three ESG funds totalling €585m
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DWS launches ESG infra fund
03 July 2020Targeting infra equity with a return goal of 7% to 10%
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ANIA president highlights role of insurers in COVID-19 recovery
03 July 2020Investment in digital and green infra a priority, Farina says
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Sustainable debt market transformed by COVID-19 impact in H1
02 July 2020Social bond issuance trebled while green bond issuance halved
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Insurers still live under the shadow of low rates, Generali's Martorana warns
24 June 2020Francesco Martorana, chief executive of Generali Insurance Asset Management warns that while crises come and go, low interest rates remain the main threat for the sector. Interview by Vincent Huck
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Generali France launches real assets unit-linked strategy
24 June 2020Available for life insurance clients in response to low interest rate environment
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Dutch firms urge government to embed sustainability in COVID-19 recovery
23 June 2020Insurers part of the 259 firms signatories to business statement
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IAR survey: Back to the future of interest rates
22 June 2020For years insurers have been battling low interest rates. First they got used to the idea of 'low', then they got their minds around the concept of 'lower for longer', and more recently some have been saying that we are now in a 'low forever' scenario. Vincent Huck reports the findings of Insurance Asset Risk's survey.
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Work on coal by no means completed, activists say
19 June 2020But COVID-19 offers the right timing to start focus on oil & gas