The revision of the Solvency II directive governing the insurance sector will have a limited impact on equity investments, conclude Willem Pieter De Groen and Inna Oliinyk, researchers at the Financial Markets and Institutions Unit of the think tank CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies). In a study commissioned by the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), published on Monday 19 September, experts say that to significantly increase equity investment,...