This year's Insurance Asset Risk Awards is a four-horse race; with AllianceBernstein (AB), M&G, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, and Royal London Asset Management, snatching two awards each.
Aviva Investors was once more recognised for its approach to sustainability but this year in the social investing initiative category, while Ortec Finance retained its portfolio climate risk solution of the year award and Swiss Life AM also retained its real asset manager of the year award.
This year's awards see three new winners emerging, Zurich for Responsible investor of the Year, Nuveen for Climate mitigation investment initiative of the Year and Insight Investment for Fixed income manager of the Year.
As for the CIO of the year award, an editorial choice this year, it went to Aviva UK's Ashish Dafria. Speaking to Insurance Asset Risk upon winning the award, Dafria acknowledged that 2023 "had its share of volatility, with worries about economic cycles, geopolitical crises and increasing sovereign debt balance sheets at a time of higher interest rates". But, for someone who has "witnessed from close quarters September 11, Lehman's bankruptcy, and more recently the UK mini-budget market volatility", it puts 2023 into context, he added.
The whole of Insurance Asset Risk's team would like to thank the industry for its support, and the judges for their time and expertise.
Companies
- Alternatives manager of the Year: M&G Investments
- Climate mitigation investment initiative of the Year: Nuveen
- Emerging markets manager of the Year: Morgan Stanley Investment Management
- Equity manager of the Year: Royal London Asset Management
- Fixed income manager of the Year: Insight Investment
- IFRS 9 solution provider of the Year: Clearwater Analytics
- Investment innovation of the Year: Morgan Stanley Investment Management
- Investment strategy consultant of the Year: EY
- Passive manager of the Year: Invesco
- Portfolio climate risk solution of the year: Ortec Finance
- Private debt manager of the Year: AllianceBernstein
- Real asset manager of the Year: Swiss Life Asset Managers
- Responsible investor of the Year - Asset Manager: Royal London Asset Management
- Responsible investor of the Year - re/insurer: Zurich
- Social investing initiative of the Year: Aviva Investors
- Stewardship initiative of the Year: AllianceBernstein
Teams
- Investment team of the Year - Asset Manager: M&G Fundamental Credit Team
People
- Chief Investment Officer of the year: Ashish Dafria (Aviva UK)
How the awards were judged
Judges reviewed the submitted entry material and then voted in a secret ballot. Votes were counted and verified by Insurance Asset Risk's team.
All judges are senior industry experts from re/insurers across Europe and the UK, each chosen for their knowledge and objectivity.
The judges' decision is final and neither Insurance Asset Risk nor the judging panel will enter into any correspondence regarding individual entries and/or the award winners.