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• Insurers juggle the attractions and drawbacks of illiquid assets

  12 February 2015

  With quantitative easing reducing the chance of any rise in interest rates soon, insurers are even more interested in higher-yielding illiquid assets to bolster their paltry returns from fixed-income, but Solvency II capital charges remain a problem. Sarfraz Thind reports

• Latest ABS capital charge reduction still not enough to encourage insurer investment

  17 September 2014

  Market participants say the EC's new Solvency II proposals do not address the key issues