Vincent Huck

Generali Investments eyes green bond market opportunities

Affiliate of Italian giant launches its first sub-fund investing in green and sustainable bonds

Generali joins Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance

Alliance members collectively hold $4.3trn of assets

Green does not automatically mean low risk, warns BaFin

Climate Action 100+ claims first Chinese asset owner

Chinese insurer Ping An has signed up to the Climate Action 100+, an investor initiative launched in 2017 to ensure the world's largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters take necessary action on climate change

Measuring engagement outcomes

Investors' engagement on ESG issues could be stronger, asset manager says

Sustainability: to regulate or not to regulate?

Financial regulation has a role to play in tackling climate change, but it cannot be a silver bullet. So the time has come for policymakers to step up their game, delegates at the Insurance and Climate Risk conference heard. Vincent Huck reports

Axa's top 100 corporate holdings don't make the cut in a 1.5°C portfolio

Head of climate & environment tells delegates at Insurance and Climate Risk conference

Allianz exec refutes suggestion exiting coal is a 'PR stunt'

Allianz's head of regulatory strategy argues divestment is good risk management

France's largest insurers looking for climate-conscious asset managers

Three mandates totalling €500m open for tender

Spurring sustainable investments with capital charges

As sustainability makes its way into regulation, the question of capital charges punishing 'brown' investments or incentivising 'green' investments has come to the fore. While regulators are asking for risk-based evidence, stakeholders are not all in agreement on how to proceed. Vincent Huck reports