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Nippon Life plans VC and start-up fund investments

Plans hatched as insurers trumpet emerging manager allocations

T&D Life, Japan Post Insurance and Nippon Life join buyers of Tokyo's 'GX' transition debt

Bond aims to raise JPY 20bn for nation's JPY 150trn decarbonisation push

Nippon Life signs up as TNFD adopter

Japanese lifer commits to 14 recommendations of TNFD launched in September last year

Nippon Life invests JPY 3bn in 18-year sustainability-focused fund

Aiming to support innovative companies across research and development period

News round-up - 06 August 2021

Nippon Life; Barings; Schroders; Dai-Ichi Life

Nippon Life issues JPY 50bn foundation funds

Fitch revises outlook for Japan sovereign from stable to negative

Impact on insurers marginal as Japanese firms already plagued with negative outlooks

Japan's insurers in small minority on stewardship code

However affiliated managers are aplenty on signatory roster

Nippon Life strengthens sustainable investment processes

As Japan becomes the third largest market for sustainable investing

Foreign bond buying boosts profits at Japan life firms

But Moody's warns of credit and FX risk