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Insurers' affiliates outperforming independent managers on ESG
10 March 2020Half of the world's largest asset managers are neglecting the ecological and social harms of their investments, according to a research by ShareAction. However, insurers' affiliates seem to be ahead of the curve. Vincent Huck reports
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PIC reports £40.9bn invested in 2019
09 March 2020Including £1.9bn into 25 direct debt investments
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Zurich's 2019 investment performance boosted by allocation to illiquids
06 March 2020Swiss insurer's impact investments increased by $0.9bn in 2019
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Ping An's overseas affiliate joins Climate Bonds partners programme
06 March 2020As parent company reports RMB 903.2bn in social investments and RMB 51.3bn in green investments
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Austrian insurers face illiquidity and currency risk
06 March 2020IMF warns local regulator to monitor allocation in property and non-euro assets
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Shareholders urge QBE to stop playing with fire
05 March 2020Resolution asking for business to be aligned with a 1.5°C scenario will be voted on at next AGM
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Asian real estate prospects overshadowed by climate risk
04 March 2020Today's real estate opportunities in the Far East might come at a cost tomorrow
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UK 10-year gilts to rise to 1.9% by 2024, KPMG predicts
04 March 2020If prediction correct, it will be "music to insurers' ears"
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NN IP launches corporate green bond fund
03 March 2020Market growth has made it a fixed income segment in its own right, Dutch firm believes
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Finding the rewards in low interest rates
19 February 2020Foresters Friendly Society's chief investment officer Corrado Pistarino explains why he believes it's a fallacy to think low interest rates constitute "unrewarded risk". Interview by Vincent Huck