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Making sense of social impact metrics for investment decisions
01 May 2024Can investors create a single, comparable social impact metric for their investments - and does it even make sense to try?
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CIO Interview: From politics to sustainability, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder
29 April 2024In the second part of Insurance Asset Risk's interview with José Luis Jiménez, Mapfre's CIO talks about the difficulties around defining sustainability, and the thorny issue of managing political and geographical risk in an era that has proven to be irrepressibly unpredictable.
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The other 'hiking' - Lloyd's syndicate CIOs trek further 'off the beaten path' for alternatives
25 April 2024Yields on core fixed income may have improved with rate hikes of recent years, but some Lloyd's syndicate CIOs have ventured further from the well-trod path, searching for alternatives, as David Walker discovers
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CIO Interview: I don't believe in a soft landing, Mapfre CIO José Luis Jiménez says
22 April 2024"I've always thought it's a shame that Madrid doesn't have a beach," is just one of several sweeping observations that Insurance Asset Risk makes while waiting to sit down (virtually) with José Luis Jiménez, Mapfre's long-standing CIO.
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"Bonds are back" - Goldilocks appears for Lloyd's syndicates' fixed income holdings
18 April 2024Not a big bad bear was in sight when syndicates published annual reports in March, but many warned of elevated geopolitical instability risks
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Japan's CIOs have alternatives managers in their sights
17 April 2024The Bank of Japan may have stolen the limelight last month, but insurance CIOs made headlines as well, with eye-catching allocations to non-mainstream assets and emerging managers
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On the merry-go-round of asset classes, with Generali Group's CIO Francesco Martorana
15 April 2024In the second part of this interview, Generali group CIO Francesco Martorana discusses on the merry-go-round of asset classes the Italian giant invests in, and provides an outlook for the next 12 to 18 months
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What lurks below - Lloyd's syndicates shine a light on 'level 3' illiquid holdings
11 April 2024While liquid bonds dominate syndicates' general accounts, liquidity analysis reveals there is more to investment portfolios at Lloyd's
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Why the PRI has its sights set high for Asia
10 April 2024PRI board member Takeshi Kimura explains why Asian investors have the potential to lead the global financial industry and how they are adopting a "future-maker" mindset
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CIO Interview: managing Europe's third largest general account
08 April 2024Generali group CIO Francesco Martorana discusses the Italian giant's investment strategy and reveals some of its most exotic investments, including blockchain
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