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Regulation
Risk-Free Interest Rate - General questions
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Submitted
2015-08-25
Answered
2019-10-24

Question

We noticed that EIOPA used underlying swap data from Bloomberg for curve construction.  This poses a problem for organizations that wish to construct RFR curves intra-month and do not have access to Bloomberg.  Are there any plans to allow swap curve data to be used from Reuters for example?

Answer

The risk-free interest rate term structures published by EIOPA will become binding only when the European Commission adopts them in the form of implementing acts. Where no term structures are set out in implementing acts, insurance and reinsurance undertakings should derive term structures to calculate best estimates in accordance with the provisions on term structures of the Solvency II Directive and the supplementing Delegated Regulation. In particular, where undertakings derive term structures themselves, they are not bound to use the data of the data providers that EIOPA applies to calculated its risk-free interest rate term structures.

This Q&A is published by European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and is non-binding. It does not constitute legal advice. Updated weekly from official ESA sources.

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