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Crédit Agricole Assurances purchases minority stake in Italian bank
25 July 2018Insurer aims to grow its shareholding to 5% as part of an exclusive partnership with CreVal in the life insurance business
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Allianz Partners acquires Spanish claims management firm
24 July 2018Deal reported to be worth in the region of €300m
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Beazley half year investment returns slide to $8m
20 July 2018Rising US interest rates impacted the insurer’s bond portfolio
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Prudential Capital Group invested $5.3bn in private debt in H1 2018
20 July 2018Strong focus in Latin America sees firm make its first private placement in Peru
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DWS appoints three senior members to its institutional client team
20 July 2018One of which with a strong link to the insurance space
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"Actuaries and asset managers have cultural differences like Chinese and Europeans"- Schroders' Perisse
20 July 2018Ghislain Périssé joined Schroders as head of insurance strategy in the insurance asset management team in May of this year. Previously at Axa Investment Management, Périssé is based out of Paris, but on a visit to London he sat down with Vincent Huck to discuss the cultural rift between actuaries and asset managers. In this first of a two-part article, he also discusses his move, the differences between in-house and third-party insurance asset managers, and how countries' cultures have influenced Solvency II implementation.
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AllianzGI finances Uruguayan solar plants - UPDATED
19 July 2018Investment is second investment in Latin America, and first bond investment with IDB Invest
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PIC invests £37m in student housing
18 July 2018The loan will fund University Partnerships Programme’s development of 382 new student bedrooms for the University of Exeter
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Aviva Investors finances €1.5bn windfarm
18 July 2018Insurer amongst 13 international lenders to participate in the financing of the German 396 MW Merkur offshore windfarm.
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Climate change increases cost of debt for developing countries
17 July 2018The intensification of climate risks and the degree to which they are accurately priced by financial markets are of increasing concern to global economic stability. However, as awareness around those risks has risen over the last years, there is still a long way to go to consistently measure and monitor their costs, which can result in substantial gains or losses for institutional investors. Vincent Huck reports
