Archive

  • Thirty investors support biodiversity impact measurement framework

    29 May 2020

    Insurance affiliates Axa IM, Aviva and Aegon among signatories

  • Aegon's sensitivity to volatile equities halves during Q1

    25 May 2020

    Large macro hedge pay--off for Aegon Americas makes reduction, SFCR says

  • Aegon gets massive boost from SII stability mechanisms in Q1

    12 May 2020

    Volatility adjustment provides boon for insurer amid pandemic turbulence

  • Hybrid coupon deferrals unlikely to follow dividend scrapping, says S&P

    16 April 2020

    Ratings agency adds dividend cuts do not signify capital weaknesses

  • Suspension of dividend payments, more firepower for the investment teams?

    09 April 2020

    As some insurers follow suit on regulators' urge not to pay dividends and others refuse to comply, Vincent Huck looks at whether dividend retention could result in more ammunition for the investment teams to invest in markets

  • Shareholders brace for dividend cuts that gave them €25.5bn last year

    07 April 2020

    Europe's most generous payers mainly vow to honour stated payout plans

  • Chinese asset management boosts Aegon 2H 2019 investment result

    13 February 2020

    But falling full-year fortunes for investment unit see group falter

  • Solvency II 2020 review: are green capital charges inimical to profitability?

    30 January 2020

    Finding ways to channel institutional investors' capital towards climate change-mitigating projects has become a priority. The European Commission has launched a review of its insurance regulation with a conference in Brussels. There, the question of green supporting capital charges was unavoidable. Vincent Huck reports

  • Late cycle no time to be a hero, says Aegon AM

    14 January 2020

    Politics and trade two biggest risks to US investors this year

  • Aegon updates coal investment policy

    13 January 2020

    Dutch insurer to exclude companies deriving more than 5% of revenue from coal by 2029