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  • Insurers still keen on private markets in spite of public yields

    27 September 2023

    Research from asset manager BlackRock finds 89% of insurers plan to increase allocations to private markets over the next two years

  • Robeco appoints Nick King as head of ETFs

    26 September 2023

    Appointment comes as the asset manager looks to ride ETF wave

  • BlackRock launches largest climate ETF backed by Prudential

    19 September 2023

    With Singapore Life investing in the fund

  • Mercer picks new US chief investment officer

    06 September 2023

    Olaolu Aganga joins Mercer's leadership team from BlackRock

  • Hiscox names Todd Isaac as chief investment officer

    03 August 2023

    Joining from Monument Re and taking over from James Millard

  • Scottish Widows puts asset managers' voting records under the microscope

    11 July 2023

    Warning that it will "take action" where managers fail to adhere to voting guidelines, as it publishes its 2022 stewardship report

  • The US battles against ESG

    22 May 2023

    US climate change politics have hit a turning point. What started off as mild disgruntlement against woke investing now looks to have turned into an all-out war by right-leaning states against climate siders. It is enough to make the head spin. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • BlackRock, Conning and NEAM most popular asset managers for US insurers

    26 April 2023

    Half of insurers outsourced assets to unaffiliated AMs last year

  • Liquidity is single biggest barrier to investing in private assets, BlackRock finds

    19 April 2023

    But less of an issue for insurers than other investors

  • LV= appoints BlackRock as asset manager

    14 April 2023

    Moves from Columbia Threadneedle after 12 years