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To what extent does the growing use of alternative investments by European insurance companies constitute a search-for-yield and/or an adaptation to imposed regulations?
Cornet, Ariane 
Promotor(s) :
Prunier, Laurent
Date of defense : 31-Aug-2026/4-Sep-2026 • Permalink : http://hdl.handle.net/2268.2/27643
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| Title : | To what extent does the growing use of alternative investments by European insurance companies constitute a search-for-yield and/or an adaptation to imposed regulations? |
| Translated title : | [fr] Dans quelle mesure l’utilisation croissante d’investissements alternatifs par les compagnies d’assurance européennes constitue-t-elle une recherche de rendement et/ou une adaptation aux réglementations imposées ? |
| Author : | Cornet, Ariane
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| Date of defense : | 31-Aug-2026/4-Sep-2026 |
| Advisor(s) : | Prunier, Laurent
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| Committee's member(s) : | El Azri, Samy
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| Language : | English |
| Number of pages : | 68 |
| Keywords : | [fr] alternative investments [fr] broad alternatives [fr] narrow alternatives [fr] European insurers [fr] Solvency II [fr] search-for-yield [fr] regulation [fr] bonds [fr] real-estate [fr] infrastructure |
| Discipline(s) : | Business & economic sciences > Finance |
| Target public : | General public |
| Institution(s) : | Université de Liège, Liège, Belgique |
| Degree: | Master en sciences de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en Banking and Asset Management |
| Faculty: | Master thesis of the HEC-Ecole de gestion de l'Université de Liège |
Abstract
[en] European insurers have steadily increased their use of alternative investments over the past decade. This shift is usually explained in one of two ways: as a search for yield, encouraged by the long period of low interest rates, or as an adaptation to the Solvency II capital framework. These explanations are normally studied separately. This thesis asks to what extent the growing use of alternatives reflects a search-for-yield strategy, a regulatory adaptation, or both, and it tests the two motives jointly on a single European dataset.
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