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  • How optimising for Hong Kong RBC is music to a CIO's ears

    16 February 2022

    General accounts investments ideally work in harmony. Hong Kong's CIOs, the 'conductors' seeking such harmony, explain to David Walker approaching RBC rules require some 'GA fine-tuning'

  • "You can't have everything": can CIOs strike a balance between ESG and returns?

    26 January 2022

    Panellists at IAR's Asia conference discuss sacrificing balance sheets, for better ESG credentials, as Abbie Wood reports

  • What assets for rising inflation?

    24 January 2022

    Convertible bonds, CLOs and REITS among best for insurers this year, Wellington says

  • IAR Asia 2022: Day 3 round up

    13 January 2022

    The battleground for ESG investing and the future of ESG in Asia

  • IAR Asia: The key battleground of ESG is data

    13 January 2022

    How does one invest sustainably in a market with no ESG data?

  • Rise of Illiquids and ESG shows no sign of ending at Asia's insurers

    08 December 2021

    Asia Pacific insurers predict more allocations to illiquids, flavoured by ESG considerations. The major change to investments in the region might come from greater accessibility for Western insurers, Abbie Wood finds out

  • Fossilised investments

    05 October 2021

    The US insurers' portfolios remain heavily skewed to oil, gas and coal assets. Even as the clamour for net-zero grows, where is the insurance business going with fossil fuels? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Three insurers amongst 10 candidates for PRI board positions

    04 October 2021

    Only four positions are open

  • Insurers continue replacing non-ESG investments with ESG ones

    28 September 2021

    Wellington holds onto client, though others may fall

  • Rating agencies likely to lead regulators in monitoring insurer climate work

    16 September 2021

    Resource-constrained regulators could learn from agencies as they shape insurer climate rules