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3375

Q&A

Question ID: 3375

Regulation Reference: (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII), (EU) No 2009/138 - Solvency II Directive (Insurance and Reinsurance)

Topic: Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR)

Article: N/A

Status: Rejected

Date of submission: 27 Jun 2025

Question

How is capital requirement for type 1 equities calculated for a long/short equity fund which strategy (written in its documentation) consists in investing long in a portfolio of stocks selected stocks from a given index, and a constant and systematic short future contract position on this index? For instance, with a 90% long position in a basket of 100 stocks selected from the S&P500 index and a 50% short position in the S&P500 future contracts, is the following market SCR formulation correct? SCR long/short fund = 39%*(90-50) This SCR computation relies on the joint hypothesis that (1) future contracts on stock indices meet the requirements set out in Articles 208 to 215 of Commission Delegated Regulation 2015/35, and (2) the market risk of the index is representative of the market risk of the stock portfolio composed of selected stocks from this index.

EIOPA answer

This question has been rejected because the matters it refers to was already answered in Q&A 1568. To validate the hypothesis (1) and (2) in the question, the requirements set out in EIOPA-BoS-14/172 “Guidelines on basis risk” and Guideline 6 of EIOPA-BoS-14/174 “Guidelines on the treatment of market and counterparty risk exposures in the standard formula” should be met.