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Talanx hybrid bond rated on boundary of what its own life insurers might buy

Talanx has issued a hybrid bond rated BBB, shortly after voicing its opinion that this is the outer boundary of what a life insurer would consider investing in to cover very long-dated liabilities.

Axa IMRA invests €132.5m in German shopping centre

Second deal with partner after Ruhr Park

Dai-ichi Life completes two ESG investments

L&G funds £35m York leisure development

Axa buys €100m German residential portfolio

Legal & General says it can accelerate UK house building by half

Insurer buys site in Wokingham for development

A fight to the death - Talanx executive bemoans no-yield environment

Insurer is fighting Mario Draghi to offset effects of nil-yield assets

German insurers warn: 'don't push sustainability, for investing' as Bernardino welcomes it for regulating

German underwriters resist enforcing ecological considerations on their investing

Zurich raises impact investment commitment to $5bn

Zurich has more than doubled its impact investment target to $5bn, as it broadens its remit beyond green bonds.

Axa's ESG lead supports mandatory disclosure of climate risk in asset portfolios

Financial disclosures on climate risk should become mandatory – as they are in France, according to Axa's head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration Sylvain Vanston