Archive

  • US infrastructure reforms could encourage foreign investment

    23 June 2017

    But more needs to be achieved before flurry of foreign money can be expected, says LGIM's Lecointe

  • Low yields, high cost and underperformance: manager fees under the spotlight

    23 June 2017

    Paying high fees for your asset management is never welcome. In the current low return environment insurers are increasingly having to re-evaluate the charges they pay as fees eat into their profits. And not before time, too. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Technology could boost SME finance

    23 June 2017

    Opportunities for insurers to fill a void left by banks

  • US insurer ETF use to grow 86% in next five years, S&P predicts

    22 June 2017

    Move to fixed income ETFs the next biggest trend, rating agency finds

  • Lawsuit threats will not deter Californian commissioner on coal divestment

    22 June 2017

    Commissioner Dave Jones reveals the number of legal-action threats received since he launched a Climate Risk Carbon Initiative

  • Equity risk going up, liquidity risk down at Europe's insurers, says Eiopa

    21 June 2017

    Latest report finds low rates still top concern but less so than last year

  • Axa IMRA confirms €80m Barcelona hotel and central London development

    21 June 2017

    Manager outlines vision for 'TwentyTwo' development – formerly The Pinnacle under Saudi ownership

  • Aviva offloads over £1bn bonds and shares in tobacco firms

    21 June 2017

    Joins Scor and Axa's drive to limit investment, citing threat to public health

  • Deutsche Bank poaches insurance investment banking chief from Morgan Stanley

    21 June 2017

    Meir Lewis joins the firm's New York office

  • Allianz CIO targets long duration and diversification amid heightened systemic risks

    20 June 2017

    Gathering risks cause for watchfulness, says Andreas Gruber