CIOs remain cool on infrastructure prospects

Non-life insurance chief investment officers (CIOs) have little
desire to invest in infrastructure assets, despite the changes
being introduced by the European Commission to make the investments
more attractive.
Under the proposals, risk charges on infrastructure investment
will come down by some 30 percent, provided that the assets comply
with the new qualifying criteria.
The definition is limited to projects that provide or support
"essential public services", and they must also be able
to gen