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Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2023 conference round up
26 September 2023The conference was held in New York on 26 September and highlighted key opportunities in private markets as well as challenges in the regulatory space
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Principal Adverse Impact (PAI) KPIs for Alternative Investments under SFDR
21 September 20232023 has been an extremely important year for Article 4 SFDR investors in the EU such as life insurers, pension funds or alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs). They were required to publish the first Principal Adverse Impact (PAI) statement for the reference year in 2022 no later than 30 June 2023 so that now you have a lot to read on their websites.
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Smoke and mirrors exercise in assessing climate risk in sovereigns
04 September 2023NZAOA puts draft fourth edition of target-setting protocol up for public consultation
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Momentum rising on stewardship engagement with sovereigns
31 August 2023Thomas Dillon, head of sovereign ESG at Aviva Investors, discusses the lessons learned from the PRI's sovereign engagement on climate pilot initiatives, and the intricacies of engaging with finance ministers.
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Insurance asset managers keep out of blue bonds' murky waters... for now
28 August 2023Despite widespread praise of the recent Gabon blue bond transaction, AllianzGI and Axa IM reveal to Insurance Asset Risk why they ultimately didn't invest in it
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How to showcase the social value of buildings?
14 August 2023PIC's Cléo Fitzsimons and Charles Beard discusses the UK insurer's proprietary ESG scorecard for real estate investments across 65 KPIs.
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As of today, Earth's 2023 ecological budget is in deficit
02 August 2023On Earth Overshoot day, insurance asset managers warn of the threat resource wastes poses to the economy and society, while highlighting tremendous investment opportunities in the old game of supply and demand.
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'Discretion is the better part of valor,' at GIAM
31 July 2023Generali Insurance Asset Management CEO Bruno Servant and members of his team discuss the current market environment, and why caution is in order. Interview by Vincent Huck
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Swiss Re's how to: 'value an anteater'
05 July 2023From tigers to reefs to a coalpit's climate cost, actuaries are valuing some unexpected assets - and presenting findings in ways even UK politicians can grasp...David Walker reports.
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Asia's CIOs face up to having to 'know it all'
03 July 2023Insurance investors discuss the lessons learned from the last few years of severe volatility, and reveal what [Chat] 'GPT' actually stands for, at Insurance Asset Risk's Hong Kong Seminar 2023. Compiled by Vincent Huck