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AG Insurance CIO discusses the return of optionality in insurance investing
13 December 2023Wim Vermeir examines the Belgium insurer's 2024 outlook titled 'the return of the returns'
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When Japan sneezes
11 December 2023Japan's economy has seen a sea change this year as the BoJ loosens what seems like it has been a lifetime of low rates. Life insurers are preparing to make their own moves on the back of this—which could impact the rest of the world.
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How can insurers hot-wire the energy transition?
06 December 2023Four insurance investors sat down together in London to discuss what role insurance investors should be playing in the energy transition, as well as the investment tools that are available to help them speed up the change
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Social investing needs to be taken hand-in-hand with broader ESG issues, insurers say
04 December 2023Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's Responsible Investing for Insurers conference discussed the difficulties in sourcing social investing data and developing policy on a global scale
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Time for politicians to make polluters pay, Steve Waygood says
29 November 2023Aviva Investors' chief responsible investment officer discusses the asset manager's macro-stewardship programme and why markets will collapse if governments don't rise to the challenge
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Carbon capture investments are increasing - what are the benefits?
27 November 2023Technology and scalability have been doubted in the past - but investors are taking the plunge in increasing numbers
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"Talk to me..." US regulators tell insurers
22 November 2023Why nurturing engagement between insurers and regulators is key as contentious battles hot up
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Building a climate aware SAA
20 November 2023Jean-François Coppenolle, Investment Director - ESG and Climate Integration at Abeille Assurances, describes how the insurer has build a climate aware investment strategy
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How can insurers take advantage of banks retreating from private assets?
15 November 2023Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2023 discussed the virtues of investing in private assets, as well as the importance of portfolio diversification
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Opportunities exist in CRE - even if offices face a GFC-style crisis
13 November 2023Panellists at the Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2023 conference discuss the current environment in CRE, and the inevitable crisis faced by the office sector
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- Chart of the week: Chinese state insurers' investment returns jump after year of equity push
- S&P warns SII reforms could spur more private credit investments
- Insurers' unique position in the finances of climate risk
- AllianzGI announces $270m close of APAC infra credit fund
- Allianz takes 51% stake in German battery storage platform
- PGIM hires new head of insurance from Blackstone
- NA lifers resilient in face of hypothetical private credit market stress, S&P Global Ratings says
- German insurers welcome seismic pension reform - with caveats
- AllianzGI highlights remuneration transparency concerns in Swedish AGM decision