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Moody's predicts shift towards unrated assets on risk charge falling
06 September 2017Rating agency does not expect risk charge on sovereign bonds for standard formula users
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Schroders launches tool to measure companies' earnings at risk from rising carbon prices
05 September 2017Carbon VaR captures the impact of supply chain
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Real estate companies ask for more consistency in property investments under Solvency II
04 September 2017REITs should not be treated as equities, says Epra
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EU insurers back proposals to reform Solvency II treatment of local government assets
04 September 2017Insurance Europe responds to Eiopa's Solvency II consultation
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NN reveals carbon footprint of asset portfolio
01 September 2017Insurer's chief investment officer Jelle van der Giessen expects the group to expand the scope of its analysis to include its sizeable mortgage portfolio
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LGIM expands active equity team
01 September 2017Appointment of Nigel Masding follows that of Stephen Message last month
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Zurich reaches $2bn green bond target
01 September 2017The insurer will continue to invest in green bonds, but insists greater clarity and objectivity of "greenness" is needed
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German trade body calls for proportionality on look-through
31 August 2017GDV's plea comes as Insurance Risk Data reveals Germany's largest fund-investing insurers
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Between a rock and a hard place: Japan's life insurers must invest wisely
30 August 2017With negative-yielding domestic bonds, a back book with high return guarantees and a prudential solvency regulation on the horizon, Japanese life insurers are caught between a rock and a hard place. David Turner reports.
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ASR re-risks investment portfolio
30 August 2017Dutch insurer piles into US debt and mortgages