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Axa IMRA acquires €105m Turin shopping centre
30 July 2018The firm is believed to have spent €594m in just two years on Italian commercial property, at a run-rate that equates to at least €25m per month.
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PartnerRe announces $60m investment loss in H1
30 July 2018Driven by an increase in risk-free rates in the US and widening of credit spreads in the US and Europe
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World Bank’s launch C$1bn bond to invest in women and young people
30 July 2018Insurance companies, asset managers and pension funds make up 39% of the 40 investors committed to the bond
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Hiscox allocates a quarter of assets to cash
30 July 2018London-listed insurer plans for rising interest rates and market volatility
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Australian and New Zealand financial sectors commit to sustainable finance roadmap
27 July 2018Impact investing has grown from $1.2bn in 2015 to $5.8bn in 2017 according to local impact investing association
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Insurers call for taxonomy of 'greenness' in investments
27 July 2018Underwriters also say they want more sustainable investments
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Change in US accounting rule increase ETFs attractiveness for insurers
27 July 2018Report by Cerulli Associates advices ETF issuers to target insurance general accounts
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M&G Investments’ CEO to depart as part of leadership shakeup
27 July 2018Anne Richards will leave her role in August
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Scor boosts credit exposure and investment yield
26 July 2018French insurer harvested most gains from equities this year
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Artificial intelligence gets real
In recent investor presentations and earnings calls, we have increasingly come across the terms ‘artificial intelligence’ (AI) and its terminology bedfellows, ‘machine learning’ (ML) and ‘Big Data’. While companies have addressed these concepts for a few years now, they have taken centre stage in the last 12 months.