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ESG's negative impact on returns - myth or reality?
29 July 2020A growing number of insurers have announced new or upgraded sustainable investment strategies in recent years. JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) and Insurance Asset Risk have joined forces to investigate the drivers behind insurers' sustainable strategies. Vincent Huck reports on the high-level key findings
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COVID-19: Asian regulators increasingly concerned over liquidity risk
28 July 2020Four areas need particular attention IFoA's Mahidhara Davangere says
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Insurers most loyal to outsourced managers in COVID -19, survey finds
28 July 2020Underwriters least likely to make investments in distressed strategies
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Ping An establishes JV with Japanese COVID-19 vaccine developer
28 July 2020The insurer said the investment will create various treatments for mainland patients
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Mapfre investments income drops by 25% in H1 compared to same period last year
27 July 2020Mostly due to down valuation of investment portfolio in Malta, Brazil and Spain
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Mortgages - safe as houses, or 'waiving' goodbye to repayment returns?
27 July 2020Home loans have proved popular with Europe's insurers, to the tune of €237bn invested in 2019, but that was in the good times. As many underwriters holding them are forced to delay collecting repayments amid COVID-19, some are re-running stress tests on their portfolios, David Walker finds
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Baloise Asset Management buys into rules-based hedge fund
27 July 2020M&A is not first move on quant investing for Swiss insurer's affiliate
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COVID-19 hasn't chased away Brexit threats for the UK, Moody's warns
24 July 2020UK faces important credit challenges pre-dating the coronavirus outbreak
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Insurance Asset Risk 4th issue free to download
24 July 2020Focus on sustainable investments and COVID-19 disruption
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First American profits $69.3m from equity gains in Q2
24 July 2020But fixed income suffers on short-term rates drop