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IAR EMEA: Under the hood of ESG data
06 July 2022ESG data has become known as 'sustainable investing's main challenge', yet, while some insurance investors bemoan the lack of data, lack of quality of the available data, others say 'lets get on with it'. Abbie Wood reports
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US Climate: Tackling the transition's complexity
30 June 2022The pressure for insurers to implement sustainability into their investments has never been greater. But doing so is not the easy task some may think, as panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's US Webinar on Climate and Sustainability discussed. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Illiquids: time to partner up?
28 June 2022Angela Jung, Senior Director of Investment ALM Risk at Athora, outlined to Insurance Asset Risk's 2022 EMEA conference why insurers should be preparing to face valuation risk on their journey into illiquids, and how asset managers could be the key to getting it right. Abbie Wood reports
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Things might go wrong, but if we live to see another day, it's all good - GSAM's Siegel says
22 June 2022Mike Siegel, Global Head of Goldman Sachs Insurance Asset Management, discusses the asset manager's annual insurance survey results, why inflation is the canary down the coalmine, and the risk of recession on the horizon.
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Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2022 Conference round up
13 June 2022The conference was held in London on 13 June and highlighted how investment opportunities still abound for insurers in an environment of heightened volatility and a bleak macro outlook for the coming months. Vincent Huck reports
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The tumultuous energy transition
16 May 2022Moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy is a transition filled with tumult as investors are mired in questions of renewable capabilities and 'just transitions', the audience at Insurance Asset Risk Real Asset 2022 conference hears. Abbie Wood reports
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APAC nations boost green bond efforts to satisfy insurers' demand
11 April 2022APAC's insurers tell David Walker they want more green and sustainable bonds - including more of the high-quality paper from their own neck of the woods
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The story of The Very Hungry Insurers - and APAC green bonds
30 March 2022APAC green and thematic bond markets are still developing, but investors want more supply and the highest governance and reporting standards to meet their demand, David Walker discovers
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The insurance investor's tale on ESG
23 March 2022Simon Tighe came 600 years late to feature in Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th century classic, The Canterbury Tales - but his story of the eponymous re/insurer's ESG development is as engaging for David Walker
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CIO interview: Hiscox lined up for 2022 reinvestment opportunities
09 March 2022James Millard was appointed group CIO at Hiscox in January 2020. He looks back at the last two years and explains why he has high expectations for 2022. Interview by Vincent Huck