Allianz, Zurich and KfW and FinDev Canada back new blended finance firm

Allianz, Zurich are among the major investors backing a new blended finance investment firm that aims to mobilise private capital to fund sustainable development in emerging markets and developing economies

Energy investors shift focus to demand-side assets

Infrastructure investors are increasingly targeting batteries, heat pumps and data centres as volatile power markets, electrification and rising digital demand reshape the infrastructure landscape

Big Nature Impact Fund secures institutional backing at first close

Short-term mandates, long-term risks: insurers face regulatory dilemma

General insurers possess unparalleled insights into climate change risks, yet their investment focus on short-dated bonds and their reliance on external managers poses constraints on their ability to implement net zero targets

Standard Life’s Gardner on scaling climate investments, sovereign debt challenges and the need for system change

Standard Life has released its first transition report since the rebrand. We spoke to Bruno Gardner, head of climate change and nature, about the challenges ahead

Chubb faces lawsuit over excluded climate proposal

Shareholder advocacy group As You Sow has filed a lawsuit against global insurance giant Chubb Limited after it excluded a climate-related proposal from its 2026 proxy materials

BoE urges banks and insurers to make climate risk management ‘decision-useful’

James Talbot, executive director of BoE’s international directorate, outlined the bank’s approach to supervising climate risk governance for financial institutions

Phoenix CIO calls for NWF product rethink to unlock insurer capital

The UK’s National Wealth Fund (NWF) will need to reconsider how its investment products are structured if it is to attract large-scale capital from the insurance sector, according to Phoenix Group CIO Michael Eakins

AG Insurance CIO Wim Vermeir on bond and infrastructure opportunities and the case for optimism

Despite warnings that climate change could upend global insurance, AG Insurance’s CIO Wim Vermeir remains confident in the long-term case for net-zero investing

Chinese insurer rolls out ancient tree protection scheme

‘Global transition will be won or lost in emerging economies’ PRI panellists warn

At this week’s PRI in Person conference, investors turned their focus to one of the biggest challenges in climate finance - how to scale private investment into emerging markets and accelerate funding for climate solutions in the Global South.

Samantha Chew joins Aviva

How investors turn biodiversity data into investment decisions

Institutional investors are increasingly monitoring nature-related risks across their portfolios, but translating the insights into investment decisions remains a key challenge, asset owners reveal

Net Zero Investor Insurance Investment Summit

How can insurers decarbonise their investment portfolios? Net Zero Investor brought together leading insurance investors, Quinbrook, the Clean Growth Fund and the Green Finance Institute to discuss the opportunity