AXA Group

Insurance companies have long managed outside capital, but where scale exists, balance sheets are increasingly being rethought of as growth engines, writes Deborah Smith, CenterCap co-founder and CEO.

The Paris-based insurer has appointed two senior executives to drive expansion of its North American and Asia-Pacific real estate units.

Changing regulatory conditions in Europe are shaking up the real estate asset manager landscape through M&A.

Net zero commitments are not enough to prove that the industry is making significant progress toward significantly reducing carbon emissions.

The moves by Allianz and AXA to combine real estate or alternatives entities are further steps to attract more money to non-traditional asset classes.

Our readers have spoken on which industry leaders and achievements deserved the most recognition across 65 global and regional categories.

In developing the second-tallest tower in the city, AXA IM – Real Assets talks about the risks and rewards of investing in an emerging area of office amenitization.

With its latest development project in London, the investment management arm of French insurer AXA is focusing on the correlation between staff well-being and productivity.