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    UK with-profits funds 2023: investment performance and strategy report

    Investigation into the investment performance and strategies of UK with-profits funds — covering £216bn of assets spread over 68 funds from 24 insurers.

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    BW publishes its Sustainability Report 2022

    Read our 2022 Sustainability Report, covering our TCFD, NCIZI and Stewardship Code obligations.

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    Is ESG a compliance burden?

    We outline how BW wants our clients to see ESG not as a box ticking exercise, but as an exciting opportunity for the planet.

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    TCFD climate change reporting assurance

    This note explores the TCFD requirements and how you can ensure your climate change disclosures are fit for purpose

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    Greenwashing – the circular dilemma

    Greenwashing, the overemphasis of green initiatives, is becoming harder to avoid.

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    Helping you benefit from TCFD climate change reporting

    Exploring the TCFD framework and requirements, the benefits of reporting, and how we can help you maximise your opportunities.

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    UK with-profits funds 2022: investment performance and strategy report

    Read our investigation into the investment performance and strategies of UK with-profits funds — covering £201bn of assets spread over 43 funds from 20 insurers.

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    Applications of R in insurance: clustering

    In our fourth case study of the series we show how we have used R to improve the implementation of clustering algorithms.

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    CBES report: five key indicators for insurers

    What information can we glean from the results of the 2021 Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario (CBES), published in May 2022?

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    Applications of R in insurance: Tripartite Template asset data

    See how we have we used R to improve how we process Tripartite Template (TPT) asset data. Read our case study.

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