Archive

  • Royal London moves to enter UK BPA market, completes two internal deals

    12 March 2024

    Deals with sponsored pension schemes worth a combined £594m

  • Phoenix Group to invest £250m in government's LIFTS initiative

    06 March 2024

    Which aims to increase domestic institutional investment into UK science and technology companies

  • Investment Delivery Forum report calls for "regulatory sandbox" and asset "pre-identification" to boost productive UK investment

    23 February 2024

    ABI initiative to implement benefits of Solvency UK reforms outlines recommendations including scaling up of public-private partnerships and new investment models

  • Abrdn and Phoenix Group invest in UK student housing project

    21 February 2024

    West Slope scheme will be built on University of Sussex campus

  • Solvency UK reform should boost insurer lending to real-economy, Mike Eakins says

    13 February 2024

    Changes to matching adjustment should achieve aim of increasing regional investment

  • Market volatility is our friend, and 2024 set to be one of the most volatile years, Phoenix CIO Eakins says

    12 February 2024

    Phoenix eyes more investment in UK social housing as a result of matching adjustment reforms, and Eakins says regulatory changes should allow insurer to focus more investment on productive assets

  • BPA sustainability charter born out pension funds' frustration with insurers

    06 February 2024

    New charter set to improve communication between pension funds and insurers on sustainability

  • 2023 UK equity profit warning stats "not startling", Phoenix's Goonetilleke says

    02 February 2024

    But they reveal cracks under the headline figure, the head of shareholder assets at the UK insurer comments

  • Insurers sign-up to sustainability principles charter for BPA deals

    31 January 2024

    Aviva, Rothesay and L&G are among charter's signatories

  • Solvency II UK reforms might make illiquid assets more attractive, but don't expect the Wild West

    26 January 2024

    David Otudeko, head of prudential regulation at the ABI, reminds Fitch audience that any changes would be met by tougher regulation.