Clifford Chance

Infrastructure Corporates – a proposed new treatment under Solvency II

28 July 2016

On 30 June 2016 the European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority ("EIOPA") published its recommendations to the European Commission in relation to the treatment of infrastructure corporates under Solvency II. The recommendations are aimed at helping insurers increase their portfolio diversification and, if the new criteria are met, insurers can benefit from a lower risk charge for equity investments. This briefing contains an overview of these recommendations.

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