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Germany's mid-sized insurers call for more regional ESG projects to back
03 February 2022MEP warns on commercialisation of important ESG data
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European Parliament adopts rules on STS securitisation and preferential capital treatment
26 October 2017The European Parliament today (26 November) voted to adopt rules that require securitisations to be less complex and more transparent – as part of an initiative to revive the European securitisation market.
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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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Trade associations pull together for securitisation reform
04 March 2016Political discussions derailed as MEPs link STS framework to capital treatment of sovereign bonds