Archive

  • Hill spells out insurers' role in European long-term projects

    18 March 2015

    Capital Markets Union will provide framework for infrastructure investment

  • 'Anything is possible' in SII securitisation charges revamp

    06 March 2015

    Top EU official invites industry to make the case for increased flexibility

  • Europe looks to reform securitisation markets

    19 February 2015

    Calls for input alongside published green paper

  • EC green paper could change treatment of long-term investments

    18 February 2015

    But document does not go as far as earlier predictions

  • Illiquid asset funds to attract low charges under Solvency II

    17 February 2015

    Plans for capital markets union include favourable treatment of European long-term investment funds

  • Commission sets capital markets union in motion

    02 February 2015

    Consultation paper to point to relaxation of Solvency II charges for investment in infrastructure

  • Hill vows to amend infrastructure charges

    28 January 2015

    Revision of infrastructure definition is part of work on capital markets union

  • Insurers pin hopes on 'Juncker plan' to ease infrastructure investment

    26 November 2014

    Commission relies on private investors to boost growth

  • Larosière asks Eiopa to take "second look" at securitisations

    26 November 2014

    Solvency II capital charges produce "undesirable effects"

  • Insurers' private equity investment gets a fillip from Brussels

    30 October 2014

    Clarification of the Solvency II capital charges will clear the way for more insurers to embrace the asset class, joining those already attracted by the superior returns