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Phoenix Group hires head of infrastructure

Manual Dusina joins from Scottish Widows

Renewables' risk/return profile is a tricky balance for insurers

Merchant risk noted as a large problem for the sector

Green/brown capital charges are coming

Insurers would prefer other means to the same end

Chart of the week - Why the MA matters...

...and not just to insurers

News round-up - 16 February 2021

Scottish Widows; Invesco; Dai-Ichi; Mapfe; Zurich

Scottish Widows blows in with £96m loan for wind turbine operator

Scottish Widows invests £2bn in BlackRock's climate fund

UK insurer helped design the fund and is its first investor

Infrastructure market still on track post-COVID-19

The financial crisis that unfolded on the back of the pandemic might have caused insurers to pause when it comes to allocation to infrastructure assets. But this is merely a bump in the road say asset managers, and insurers' investments in core infrastructure investments will come back stronger than ever.

Scottish Widows gains from asset manager switch

Dropping Standard Life Aberdeen produces one-off profit boost

Finding the holy grail

With low interest rates impacting solvency ratios, insurers are looking for the holy grail of high yielding assets which do not require higher capital charges. Vincent Huck reports