News

• Oil firms facing increased cost of capital as ESG pressure grows, says Aegon

  27 August 2021

  Rising pressure on investors and banks to take a more stringent stance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns

• Columbia Threadneedle appoints Richard Watts as CIO for EMEA

  26 August 2021

  Part of expanded senior leadership team following acquisition of BMO's EMEA business

• China Life outsources credit investing in "unsteady and imbalanced" H1 markets

  26 August 2021

  Country's largest life insurer by premiums also expanding investments in alternative assets

• Sumitomo Life to loan ¥3bn to biomass power generation business

  26 August 2021

  Part of a syndicated loan agreement of ¥28bn total

• ShareAction calls for punitive brown capital charges in SII

  26 August 2021

  As one of seven recommendations by the NGO for the Solvency II 2020 review

• AIA Group partners with GLP

  26 August 2021

  Investing in the global logistics real estate industry

• Swiss Re and Climeworks sign carbon removal purchase partnership

  26 August 2021

  Tech aimed at helping reinsurer reach its net-zero target

• CUNA names Amy Cameron as CIO to run $30bn portfolio

  25 August 2021

  Also appoints Anne Finucane as deputy CIO

• NAIC's private rating disclosure rules to increase scrutiny on bespoke assets

  25 August 2021

  Requirements for private rating reports will come in next year

• Extent to which climate change is capitalised in assets and markets is unclear

  25 August 2021

  UNEP FI highlights knowledge gap on climate change impact on real estate value