The financial market environment poses serious challenges for insurance companies to provide stable returns on a long-term basis, as particular traditional asset classes are currently characterised by generally low interest rates and high volatility. Against this background, the aim of this...

Wind energy is among the most relevant types of renewable energy and plays a vital role in the projected European energy mix for 2020. The aim of this paper is to comprehensively present current risks and risk management solutions of renewable energy projects and to identify critical gaps in...

Against the background of seriously underfunded infrastructure and the risk of a resulting lower competitiveness of the European economic area, the European Commission aims to incentivize private and institutional investments in infrastructure, thereby laying one main focus on pension funds and...

Policy or regulatory risks represent one of the major barriers for renewable energy investments, especially against the background of several retrospective reductions of support schemes in Europe. In this paper, we aim to contribute to the literature by offering a categorization of major risk...

The financial market environment poses serious challenges for insurance companies to provide stable returns on a long-term basis, as in particular traditional asset classes are currently characterized by generally low interest rates and high volatility. Against this background, the aim of this...