News

• Swiss regulator should collect insurers’ data on bank exposures, IMF warns

  28 June 2019

  Financial sector assessment report for Switzerland notes requirement was dropped in 2015

• Legal & General in £4bn Oxford University joint venture

  27 June 2019

  UK insurer to finance construction of residential and research buildings through funds from annuities, affiliate managed funds, and shareholders

• What is the biggest threat to investment returns?

  27 June 2019

  Delegates at Insurance Asset Risk 2019 EMEA conference reveal the biggest risk on their minds.

• Santander buys Allianz out of Banco Popular joint venture for €936.5m

  27 June 2019

  As a result, Allianz will no longer offer asset management to Banco Popular

• Dai-Ichi Life invests $200m in green and sustainability bonds

  27 June 2019

  Japanese insurer is the sole investor in two development banks bonds

• Video: CIOs need to go beyond their core activities

  27 June 2019

  Massimo di Tria, group chief investment officer at Cattolica Assicurazioni, urges those on the asset side to get involved in product development and M&A activity

• Zurich tightens coal exclusion policy and bars investments in oil sands and shale oil companies

  26 June 2019

  Swiss insurer lowers exclusion threshold from 50% of revenues or electricity generated from coal to 30%

• Investment Association calls for new class of long-term fund

  26 June 2019

  Long-Term Asset Fund proposal would make it easier for policyholders to invest in property and infrastructure projects

• Prudential Financial invests $10m in affordable loan provider

  25 June 2019

  Aura will use capital injection from insurer to provide more loans

• New England Asset Management strikes deal to access sub-investment grade assets

  25 June 2019

  DDJ Capital Management’s experience in bank loans and high-yield bonds to complement insurer offering