News

• PIC invests £40m in private placement with Scottish housing association

  15 July 2019

  Eildon Housing Association to use proceeds to support the building of 750 new homes in Scottish Borders

• Equity-release mortgage profits questioned in new valuation approach

  15 July 2019

  Dean Buckner and Kevin Dowd’s report on ERM valuation casts doubt on the ability for some loans to make money.

• US life insurers continue to pile into mortgages

  12 July 2019

  Market performance to remain strong but with pockets of risk, says Fitch

• Apollo gets injunction in Athene looting case

  12 July 2019

  Central Laborers’ pension fund accuses Apollo of overcharging Athene hundreds of millions of dollars in fees

• UK Libor transition working group asks Eiopa for clarity

  12 July 2019

  Tushar Morzaria calls for the removal of regulatory barriers to Ibor transition and the establishment of a pan-European Taskforce

• ASI to manage $500m ESG fund for Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

  12 July 2019

  Partnership will also work to improve investor engagement on ESG across Asia

• Investment returns account for most of Hiscox’s H1 profit

  12 July 2019

  Investment performance covers for a difficult first six months on the underwriting side

• Dutch financial sector commits to Paris Agreement goals

  11 July 2019

  Fifteen insurers among firms committing to disclose climate impact of their investments and CO2 emissions reductions

• BlackRock leads pack in Bermuda insurers' investment outsourcing

  11 July 2019

  Independent manager battling with affiliated houses for general account work, Insurance Risk Data finds

• US asset manager Ares buys Pavonia Life Insurance

  10 July 2019

  Aim to break into US life insurance and retirement market