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Commission planning further cuts to long-term investment charges
21 July 2016Solvency II recalibrations could happen without Eiopa's advice
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Eiopa affirms infrastructure equity charge cut to 36%
01 July 2016Advice follows April public consultation
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EP proposes risk retention hike for simple securitisations
09 June 2016Draft parliamentary report increases skin-in-the-game requirement for issuers to 20% up from 5%
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"Solvency II is the missing piece in the securitisation package"
01 June 2016Paul Tang, rapporteur for the regulation on securitisations, urges the European Commission to ease the charges for insurers investing in simple, transparent and standardised (STS) securitisations, and rules out the introduction of compulsory third-party certification for such products demanded by the industry. He speaks to Hugo Coelho
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Insurers' battle for EU securitisation certification looks lost
27 May 2016Parliament's rapporteur rejects call for compulsory third-party certification
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Parliament clears the way for Solvency II infrastructure charge cuts
17 March 2016Agenda turns to capital treatment of securitisations and government bonds
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Trade associations pull together for securitisation reform
04 March 2016Political discussions derailed as MEPs link STS framework to capital treatment of sovereign bonds
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Governments urge Solvency II reforms to encourage long-term investing
12 February 2016One-year time horizon and design of risk-free curve attacked
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Eiopa seeks evidence on infrastructure corporates
19 November 2015Treatment under SII to be examined
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If European securitisation grows, it's likely to be despite EC regulation
17 November 2015Regulation and stasis comes ahead of dynamism and free movement of capital in draft rules from Brussels on securitisation, and there will be a big increase in compliance costs. David Shearer explains