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  • Solvency II 2020 review: are green capital charges inimical to profitability?

    30 January 2020

    Finding ways to channel institutional investors' capital towards climate change-mitigating projects has become a priority. The European Commission has launched a review of its insurance regulation with a conference in Brussels. There, the question of green supporting capital charges was unavoidable. Vincent Huck reports

  • Difficult to achieve protection / investment needs balance, EC's Dombrovskis says

    29 January 2020

    Former PM of Latvia said the Solvency II 2020 review won't be technocratic exercise

  • Commission lowers Solvency II charges for equity and private debt

    08 March 2019

    Amendments to enable support for SMEs and long-term funding of the EU economy

  • European Commission to legislate ESG inclusion in insurers' investments

    25 May 2018

    Proposal part of first four legislative measures to boost sustainable finance in the region

  • EU to cut Solvency II securitisation charges "before summer"

    06 April 2018

    Draft rules suggest the capital charges of securitisations could be significantly cut this year as the European Commission takes steps to bring Solvency II in line with the STS framework. So will this spur future securitisation investment? Aggelos Andreou reports.

  • EU to investigate lower capital charges for sustainable investments

    08 March 2018

    Insurers key to reorienting financial system towards sustainability

  • Sustainable investments should be encouraged under Solvency II, say experts

    13 July 2017

    Obligatory disclosure of environmental, social and governance investment considerations mooted by the Commission's sustainable finance expert group