Archive

• Key outsourcing fund loses appeal for German lifers as ZZR build-up stops

  12 November 2024

  Better interest rates mean fewer bond sales, with knock-on effect for Spezialfonds, says BVI

• Chart of the Week - 'Build it and they will come' - German insurers and Spezialfonds

  18 August 2023

  Since 2009 German institutions made 3.9% in their Spezialfonds - and expanded allocations by 167%

• German insurers hold €528bn in Spezialfonds

  17 February 2023

  Closed-ended Spezialfonds have enjoyed an interrupted and sharp expansion since 2019

• German insurers reveal plan for non-financial reporting

  05 March 2021

  Fund industry association reveals insurers' €21bn in ESG mandates

• Single data access point game changer for EU investors, insurance industry says

  20 January 2021

  EC proposal could even have repercussions beyond European borders

• Differing reactions to EC's CMU action plan from insurance industry

  25 September 2020

  Insurance Europe positive, while BVI and Axa share their concerns

• Germany's ESG fund market crosses €100bn threshold

  11 September 2020

  Nearly all funds managed by BVI members apply Principles for Responsible Investing

• German asset managers join GDV in criticising ratings agencies

  07 September 2020

  Fund association BVI wants fee transparency and tighter regulation

• German trade body calls for proportionality on look-through

  31 August 2017

  GDV's plea comes as Insurance Risk Data reveals Germany's largest fund-investing insurers

• German insurers keep top spot in Spezialfonds usage

  03 October 2016

  Firms turn to mixed-asset strategies for Spezialfonds allocations