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Invesco's future vision
04 August 2021Head of ESG client strategy EMEA Maria Lombardo has one eye on helping CIOs achieve their future net zero goals, but another firmly on helping them navigate their general accounts through the here-and-now, David Walker discovers
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Interview with Rothesay's David Land
02 August 2021The UK insurer's head of investment strategy, speaks to David Walker about the firm's commitment to the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, and from climate risk modelling to green infrastructure, what is required to achieve the carbon goal
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Allianz - turning the CO2 dial down
29 July 2021Sona Stadtelmeyer-Petru discusses Allianz's proprietary assets' move towards net zero with David Walker
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The path to net-zero
27 July 2021Knowing how best to get a portfolio to zero greenhouse gas emissions will be a skill CIOs need to hone, as David Walker hears from AXA Investment Managers.
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The great and the good - Allianz issues invitation to join the net-zero crowd
23 July 2021The Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance seems enormous, because it is, with $6.6trn of assets behind its collective voice. But Allianz's Sona Stadtelmeyer-Petru emphasises to David Walker, the Alliance really thrives on having voices of all insurers, not just the largest
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The RBC changes: a slow-moving Titanic
20 July 2021It is a slow change, even by the notoriously slow standards of the insurance industry. However, the soon-to-be instigated changes to the NAIC's risk-based capital charges on fixed income assets could have significant ramifications for the US insurance investment portfolio. And many don't like it. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Credit and the rise of duration risk
15 July 2021Heightened uncertainty on the back of the pandemic and policy response to it calls for a greater focus on duration risk management, according to Moody's Analytics's Tomer Yahalom, Amnon Levy and Brett Manning.
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Inflation - the rising concern among CIOs
13 July 2021Once the elephant in the room for most insurance investors, inflation or the threat of it, is creeping up the ladder of chief investment officers' risks. Stephanie Harris reports
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Data centres - the new investment frontier
07 July 2021The pandemic has highlighted the importance of digital infrastructure, with data centres standing as the foundation of the sector. But with technology comes a price: huge power consumption. How can insurers balance their need for yield with environmental considerations? Stephanie Harris reports
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"It's becoming more and more difficult to be buy-and-hold investors," CNP Assurances CIO says
05 July 2021Accelerating technological and societal changes are causing structural changes to the way insurers invest, according to CNP Assurances CIO Olivier Guigné. This forces them to be more adventurous and explore new territories. Vincent Huck reports
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