Archive

• Ping An lends insurer's eye to Chinese ESG disclosure standards

  12 May 2022

  Insurer grew investment net profitability 11% in Q1

• LGIM CIO appointed chair of UK investment association investment committee

  26 November 2021

  Sonja Laud to head "one of the IA's most senior committees"

• Investment Association calls for new class of long-term fund

  26 June 2019

  Long-Term Asset Fund proposal would make it easier for policyholders to invest in property and infrastructure projects

• Three insurers part of new Australian sustainable finance initiative

  28 March 2019

  IAG, QBE and Swiss Re join banks, superannuation funds and academia in HLEG-style initiative

• Esma and EU regulators reached agreement with UK FCA

  01 February 2019

  The agreement in the form of MoUs are part of contingency plans to mitigate the risks of a no-deal Brexit scenario.

• Investment Association launches sustainability consultation

  28 January 2019

  Joins growing trend with other major bodies engaging in similar consultations

• Gender diversity on investors’ minds in the stewardship process

  22 November 2018

  A majority of investors engage with companies on the issue, but only a minority factor it in their voting decisions

• Chinese and UK investment associations sign MoU

  26 October 2018

  Paving the way for exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and UK asset managers

• UK investors buy up corporate bonds as they shun UK and Euro equities

  08 October 2018

  Additional £12m invested in corporate bonds, but Brexit worry looms large as equities experience outflows

• Investment Association board now more than one-third female

  20 September 2018

  CEOs of Brooks Macdonald, Columbia Threadneedle, and Newton to join board at investment manager trade body