AXA uses real asset ‘greenflation’ as inflation hedge
The life insurer has a diversified hedging toolbox ranging from real assets to derivatives. These tools provide long-term, non-guaranteed benefits to policyholders as inflation, or even stagflation, is now looming.
The global life insurance company AXA sees investment in real assets that are linked to energy transition – an approach dubbed “greenflation” - as one of the effective ways to hedge against high inflation.
This is part of the life insurer’s strategy to utilise real assets that are in the short- to long-term correlated to inflation to protect its participating portfolio against rising prices, Richard Chan, AXA Hong Kong chief investment officer and Asia head of asset-liability mana…
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