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Comment: The double materiality of gender diversity
08 March 2022The same way climate change won't be curbed with recycling and paper cups in offices, gender equality won't be achieved just through insurers' HR policies, insurers need to use their investments to have impact. Abbie Wood writes
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Conning's scrabble bingo: AI, ESG, EMD, α
09 February 2022Bringing AI to ESG in EMD may look like a hand in Scrabble, but as David Walker found out from Conning-owned asset manager Global Evolution, it's all about generating another letter: alpha
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Vaccine equity: a case study in investor engagement
07 February 2022Investors have asked pharma companies in a letter to address COVID vaccine equity. Two signatories, Achmea and Storebrand, reveal the content of their engagement toolbox to hold investee companies to account.
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"You can't have everything": can CIOs strike a balance between ESG and returns?
26 January 2022Panellists at IAR's Asia conference discuss sacrificing balance sheets, for better ESG credentials, as Abbie Wood reports
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'The transition will not be smooth, or socially just'
17 January 2022The shift to a net-zero economy will bring upheaval and job losses, warns Zurich's Peter Giger. Madeleine Jenkins reports
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IAR Asia: The economic head- and tailwinds of 2022
13 January 2022Speaking at IAR's Asia conference, Peak Re chief economist Clarence Wong highlights the key considerations for insurers' investments in the coming months as well as the main trends affecting the global economy post-COVID-19.
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Mainland China turns Hong Kong insurers green - with desire
22 December 2021As the world's second-largest economy pledges to become net-zero by 2060, the Hong Kong Insurance Authority's annual conference heard $1trn of green investing opportunities lie just across the border. David Walker reports
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Interview with New York regulator's climate head
20 December 2021The NYDFS's unaugural climate change division superintendent, Nina Chen, talks through the regulator's plans to instigate better climate practices among insurers. Interview by Sarfraz Thind
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Rise of Illiquids and ESG shows no sign of ending at Asia's insurers
08 December 2021Asia Pacific insurers predict more allocations to illiquids, flavoured by ESG considerations. The major change to investments in the region might come from greater accessibility for Western insurers, Abbie Wood finds out
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Carbon allowances - insurers slowly warm to the net-zero opportunity
06 December 2021The European benchmark price for carbon allowances hit a record high in November, but only one insurer acknowledges investing in them and others seem coy, so far, to deep their toes in, as Vincent Huck finds out