Hugo Coelho

• EP proposes risk retention hike for simple securitisations

  09 June 2016

  Draft parliamentary report increases skin-in-the-game requirement for issuers to 20% up from 5%

• "Solvency II is the missing piece in the securitisation package"

  01 June 2016

  Paul 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

• Insurers' battle for EU securitisation certification looks lost

  27 May 2016

  Parliament's rapporteur rejects call for compulsory third-party certification

• Volatile markets hit Allianz's Solvency II capitalisation

  03 May 2016

  Also reports slightly lower revenues and assets under management

• Belgium weighs scrapping asset restriction in Solvency II law

  29 April 2016

  Insurers offering unit-linked products required to invest in UCITS funds only

• Eiopa moots 36% charge for investments in infra corporates' stocks

  19 April 2016

  Case for reduction of capital charges for debt is less clear

• Mutuals blame rating agencies for soaring Solvency II costs

  30 March 2016

  Amice calls for amendment to reduce reliance on external ratings

• Largest Portuguese insurer piled up Chinese assets ahead of crash

  29 March 2016

  Fidelidade was acquired by Chinese conglomerate Fosun in 2014

• Parliament clears the way for Solvency II infrastructure charge cuts

  17 March 2016

  Agenda turns to capital treatment of securitisations and government bonds

• Solvency II equity dampener hits the floor

  10 March 2016

  Back to level recorded at the height of the Eurozone crisis