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Carbon allowances - insurers slowly warm to the net-zero opportunity
06 December 2021The European benchmark price for carbon allowances hit a record high in November, but only one insurer acknowledges investing in them and others seem coy, so far, to deep their toes in, as Vincent Huck finds out
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'Come to me with solutions'
02 December 2021Insurer CIOs and DB pension managers face numerous problems - lucky, then, that Bruno Servant describes Generali Insurance Asset Management as a "solutions factory". David Walker spoke with the CEO.
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Real demand - the rise and rise of infrastructure
29 November 2021From Asia to Europe, insurers are united in their desire for more infrastructure investments. Amid such unabated demand, David Walker took stock
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Inflation? "It's like ketchup in a bottle"
25 November 2021Abbie Wood highlights five key trends for insurance investors in the post-COVID economic recovery, a menu dipped in ketchup.
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Social investing - sandwiched between the E and the G
23 November 2021Panellists discuss the 'forgotten' pillar of ESG at Insurance Asset Risk 2021 Americas conference. Sarfraz Thind reports
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DAV's Schiller puzzled by some EC proposals in Solvency II review
18 November 2021German actuaries tell David Walker of potential dissonance in different pronouncements that the EC has made about insurers' capital, including for 'green' investments, in its reform proposals for Solvency II
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Infrastructure: a very American need
16 November 2021US insurers have shown willingness to put money into infra - an exceptionally stable asset class. But they are being hamstrung by the antiquated regulatory capital structure in place. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Net-zero outsourcing - will 'great minds think alike'?
10 November 2021Net-zero insurers describe to David Walker a future of working only with asset managers that can show they are committed to the same goal
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The Right Stuff - and the 500 asset managers that have it, for CIOs
08 November 2021Europe's insurers have over 500 asset managers helping make their investments, new outsourcing research report reveals. David Walker surveyed the landscape and found many hands make for good work
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A 100% charge on fossil fuels investments - capital punishment, or capital idea?
04 November 2021More than 150 academics, economists and think-tanks are advocating a 100% capital charge on backing expanding and seeking fossil fuel reserves. Finance Watch, co-ordinator of an open letter explaining it, spoke with David Walker
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