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Pan-European Pensions present opportunity for EU infrastructure investment
11 April 2017Eiopa's Bernardino argues investment is limited by scale not regulation
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VA lures Dutch life insurers to copy asset mix of European rivals, says IMF
04 April 2017Economic-based valuations "distorted" by VA and UFR
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Insurers and regulators join to discuss data concerns
13 March 2017First Solvency II annual returns, risk modelling and IFRS 17 to be examined
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Eiopa pressed to reduce charge on real estate assets
10 March 2017Standard formula charge of 25% "unnecessarily punitive", 15% more appropriate, says MSCI
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Stress test or eventuality: it's time to respond
31 January 2017European life insurers should reassess their investment strategies in light of Eiopa's latest stress test, which exposed vulnerabilities to a plausible 'low-for-long' interest rate environment, writes JP Morgan Asset Management's Vladimir Zdorovenin.
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Over-reliance on TMTPs will be exposed - Fitch
24 January 2017Agency will examine German solvency ratios without TMTPs to reveal exposure to interest-rate risk
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How has the Solvency II LTG package influenced investments?
16 January 2017Eiopa's first annual report on long-term guarantee and equity risk measures attempted to uncover potential influences on asset allocation. Asa Gibson looks through the numbers
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Dark clouds gather over secondary market for MA assets
09 January 2017The prospect of a secondary market for MA assets has taken a number of blows as comparisons are drawn to the synthetic CDO market. That may be enough for regulators to stop even a small, illiquid market developing. Callum Tanner reports
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PRA steps up intervention on repackaged MA assets
16 December 2016Concerns that firms may overestimate MA benefit for equity release mortgage securitisations
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European Commission stifles Solvency II asset charge review
24 November 2016Charges still too high for "vast majority" of long-term assets, says Insurance Europe