Axa
Investors shun Chinese bonds favoured by biggest benchmarks
Indexes are increasing their allocation to China, but European investors want climate action first
The perfect climate risk metric does not exist
Buy-side risk survey 2021: Even the keenest searches fail to find a reliable system of climate disclosure
BlackRock’s own reporting undermines its climate claims
Axa, Allianz and Legal & General have all cut their investments’ emissions, unlike BlackRock
Amundi, Axa urge boardroom pay cuts for climate laggards
Link remuneration to carbon-emission goals and companies will get serious, say large investors
The unintended consequences of ring-fencing
Rules aimed at protecting UK depositors may be putting too much froth into the credit market
Asia moves: Crédit Agricole appoints Hong Kong CEO, UBS sales head joins Morgan Stanley, and more
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Hedge funds eye Brexit escape from Mifid reporting
UK tipped to diverge from Europe’s proposed reforms to fund manager rules
Equity hedges bolstered Axa through Covid crisis
Economic hedges contributed €425 million to H1 income
Axa’s solvency ratio continues fall in Q2
French insurer’s core ratio has dropped 18 percentage points year-to-date
Asia people moves: Credit Suisse strengthens China mainland JV, new BNP Apac head, and more
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Ethical funds balk at Europe’s new disclosure regime
Proposals for 32 reporting criteria are “unmanageable”, complain asset managers
Top European insurers bet on private equity
Allianz and Axa had a combined €29 billion at end-2019
Market risks push up top EU insurers’ capital charges
Allianz sees SCR for market risk surge 28% year-on-year
Covid-19 chaos drains Axa’s Solvency II ratio
French insurer’s regulatory capital ratio is at its lowest since the Solvency II regime took effect
Asia moves: JP Morgan names new Apac CEO, Axa hires six heads, and more
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People moves: De Roeck quits Standard, BofA adds risk exec, and more
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People moves: new role for SG CIB’s Cartier, LCH rates head departs, BNP Paribas’s Akbay joins Goldman, and more
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Axa market risk charge drops almost €3bn in 2018
Solvency capital requirement falls 9% year-on-year
EU insurers’ solvency ratios weather UFR change
New fixing of ultimate forward rate increases firms’ solvency capital requirements
Axa's solvency ratio soars on US IPO, debt issue
Solvency II SCR ratio up to 233%
Solvency II capital charges concentrated in two key risks
Market risk SCR averages 37% across six large insurers
Axa tackles equity risk
Efforts to reduce equity SCR boost Solvency II ratio by eight basis points
Mifid transparency has failed so far, say traders
Poor quality, inaccessible data and a lack of instruments covered undermine use case
People: ASX drafts in Stevens to replace ousted chief executive
Dominic Stevens new chief exec at Aussie exchange; SG's prime services Japan hire; new CROs for Axa and Allianz; and others