Do rating models embody correctly the impact of macroeconomic variables on debtors’ solvency, determining a lag in downgrading? In pre-crisis periods, when interest rates increases are recorded as well as decreases in real growth rates, rating assessments fail to register risk increases in...

The implementation of Solvency 2 Directive, which will come into force in 2016, in the insurance industry does not seem to lead to a radical change in the innovation product process. On the contrary it will produce more relevant consequences in the internal processes of the companies, in...

The Solvency 2 Directive, which will come into force on January 1st 2016, represents an opportunity to not only improve insurers’ operations, but also to develop significant competitive advantage in a challenging market. The new regulation will have very significant effects on all business...

Foreign insurance policies with financial content, instruments very popular among financial operators, have several tax issues to be defined in the Italian framework. In particular, the questions concerning the taxation of foreign policies located in a European member State and the supply of...

The new supervisory regulation on insurance companies (Solvency II) defines capital requirements in line with actual risks of the enterprise. The three pillars of Solvency II are aimed to develop a wider culture of risk and a higher logical consistency between actual risk and business decisions.

The Solvency 2 Directive, which will come into force on January 1st 2016, represents an opportunity to not only improve insurers’ operations, but also to develop significant competitive advantage in a challenging market. The new regulation will have very significant effects on all business...

Ucits IV Directive will lead to the redefinition of business models in the field of asset management: the process centralization, the increasing use of outsourcing, the ongoing internationalization, the adoption of transnational strategies, able to combine services platforms with local higher...

Previous researches have demonstrated that consumer decisions could be affected by some biases in the supplementary pension field. Decisionmaking is very often not guided by rationality, and in many cases, if forced to choose, people will decide not to decide, passively accepting the decisions...

The Aifmd Directive aims to create a comprehensive regulatory and supervisory framework for the alternative fund industry in the European Union. It will help to overcome gaps and inconsistencies in existing regulatory frameworks at national level and will provide a basis for the development of...

The Simplified Prospectus delivering information on Ucits investments has been replaced by the Kiid, a concise document drafted in plain language to be easily understood by investors.The European Commission’s intention is to strengthen consumer protection and to improve communication for more...