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Standard Life completes £1.2bn full buy-in with Mitchells & Butlers Pension Plan

Phoenix Group extends £58m loan to Bromley Council for affordable housing

Rising rates keep CIOs on their toes

Inflation-fighting rate hikes in many economies have subtly, but significantly, affected investors' priorities, Insurance Asset Risk's 2023 EMEA conference heard last week. It remains hard to pick the likely trajectory, and appropriate reaction, as Josh Adcock reports

Why ESG has insurers running in circles

Insurers at Insurance Asset Risk's EMEA 2023 conference took issue with the real impact - or lack thereof - that currently sustainability regulation and ESG reporting standards can actually have, finding that trying to compare their own progress or that of their investee companies can have them feeling trapped in a nightmare. Josh Adcock reports

IAR EMEA: Investors need to rethink ESG metrics

According to CIOs and sustainability officers on climate-related reporting

Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2023 conference round up

The conference was held in London on 12 June and highlighted the investment risks and opportunities facing insurers. Vincent Huck reports

IAR EMEA: Investors face China conundrum, CIOs say

China no longer an emerging market, but political tensions not going away

IAR EMEA: CIOs keeping powder dry for huge opportunity in private credit assets

Against backdrop of higher interest rates

Private debt now less attractive compared to public assets, AllianzGI's David Newman says

At Insurance Asset Risk's Real Assets conference

Insurers expect 'high-for-longer' rates as central banks play balancing act

US Federal Reserve and BoE rate hikes unsurprising but trajectory depends on economic and market stability