Archive

  • Time for prudence in credit markets

    16 September 2021

    Little reward in taking credit risk right now, audience at IAR Americas conference will hear

  • Infrastructure is inherently ESG friendly, but how to measure the real impact?

    15 June 2021

    This, along with AMs transparency is the next big challenge for the industry according to one CIO

  • UK insurers roll out infrastructure investment plans

    17 May 2021

    Outsourcing duties to Equitix and M&G unit

  • IAR outlook survey: sustainability for the next ten years

    08 February 2021

    Insurance Asset Risk's outlook survey discovered that sustainability is the overarching theme that will influence insurance investor behavior—not just this year but for the next decade and probably beyond. Yet, some are more prepared than others. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • IAR's global outlook survey 2021: a foggy crystal ball

    01 February 2021

    Respondents to Insurance Asset Risk's outlook survey seem more at the mercy of the financial gods than ever before. Most agree that while the pandemic rages, 2021 will be a damn hard year to predict. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Assessing climate associated asset risk

    30 October 2020

    Panel sponsored by Royal London Asset Management

  • ABI's Hugh Savill predicts Brexit 'papal schism' for Solvency II

    20 October 2020

    The UK exit from the EU could lead to a rift in insurance regulation akin to the papal schism of the 1300s, delegates at the Insurance Asset Risk 2020 EMEA conference have heard. Vincent Huck reports

  • A 2°C pathway scenario - a blurry concept investment-wise

    20 October 2020

    IAR 2020 EMEA: delegates hear about the limitations faced by insurers in integrating climate risk into their investments

  • Sustainable investing: how to implement what still needs to be defined?

    02 September 2020

    Lack of data and commonly agreed definitions are the main challenges for insurers in implementing their sustainable investment policies, chief investments officers tell Vincent Huck.

  • 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