Vincent Huck

Articles by Vincent Huck

  • Just 12 French insurers account for 20% of European insurers' total investments

    24 December 2020

    Research by Insurance Asset Risk uncovers the 50 biggest insurance investors in Europe

  • IAR Survey: Active versus passive, where do insurers stand?

    23 December 2020

    As passive strategies have risen in popularity over the years, active managers have argued that their value would be apparent in times of crisis - if COVID-19 was the perfect scenario, have they delivered? And where do insurers and their "long time horizon" investing fit in the debate? Vincent Huck reports

  • The role of ETFs in insurers' portfolios

    22 December 2020

    Insurance Asset Risk survey finds increased interest in asset class

  • What will central London look like in 20 years?

    22 December 2020

    Two real estate specialists at M&G and Aviva Investors weigh in on the question

  • COVID-19 awakens old regulatory demons for the EU

    21 December 2020

    CFA Institute's head of regulatory outreach says a more holistic and horizontal approach is needed

  • Sunlife CIO on the art of catching flying daggers

    16 December 2020

    COVID-19 was the 'known unknown' that Randy Brown, CIO at SunLife, has been preparing for the best part of the last five years. So, when markets went into turmoil in H1 2020 the only question that remained was one of timing: when to catch the falling knife? Interview by Vincent Huck

  • Insurers' equity holdings could lose 25% of their value due to transition risk, EIOPA says

    16 December 2020

    Hungarians, Swedes and UK insurers most exposed to climate change related transition risk

  • Moody's expects 3 to 5 percentage point deterioration in insurers' solvency ratio in 2021

    10 December 2020

    Outlook for the industry is negative due to ultra low interest rates and credit risk

  • Groupama commits to global coal exit by 2040

    09 December 2020

    At the end of September 2020, French mutual had €150m (or 0.4% of its AuM) invested in thermal coal assets

  • LGIM launches ESG-friendly fixed income ETFs in partnership with JP Morgan

    09 December 2020

    Focused on liquidity and ESG and targeted at European wholesale and institutional investors