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Impact investing or impact washing?
13 June 2018Insurers say they can find financial value in ESG investing, but they have to be wise to investments that don't deliver on their stated goals. And while ESG can mean different things to different stakeholders, a push for standardisation is not always welcome, according to panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's 2018 EMEA conference. Vincent Huck reports
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Emerging market debt investments attractive in the long run
12 June 201862% of surveyed investors said it is attractive to hold for more than five years
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Dutch insurers’ total investments dropped by €17bn in 2017
12 June 2018Decline due to a decrease in their liabilities
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Lloyds sells stake in Standard Life Aberdeen
08 June 2018Sale of £355m worth of shares puts final nail in the coffin of firms’ relationship
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Climatewise launches transition risk modelling framework
07 June 2018Framework can be used as an add-on to insurer’s existing models
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UK equity release mortgages receive 'not risky' Fitch rating
07 June 2018ERMs enable lending insurers to match their long-term liabilities, Fitch Ratings says
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Legal & General to fund University of Lincoln student blocks
06 June 2018£25.6m investment aims to develop 301 student rooms
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Nippon Life invests in sustainable equity fund
05 June 2018The insurer’s wholly-owned asset management unit will oversee the fund
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Aon commits to the UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance
05 June 2018It is the first insurance broker to sign up to the principles
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UK insurers could be forced to disclose climate risk by 2022
04 June 2018A UK parliamentary committee has called on government to act if regulators fail on implementing climate risk disclosures. While some witnesses highlighted to the committee the insurers' exposure to climate-related risk, some pointed out that thanks to Solvency II rules they might be ahead of the game. Michael Hurley and Vincent Huck report
