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New Czech pension savings system set to overtake legacy scheme - APS ČR


By Natalie Tuck

The Czech supplementary pension savings system (DPS) has overtaken the country’s legacy pension scheme in participant numbers and is on the verge of matching it in assets under management.

Figures from the Association of Pension Companies of the Czech Republic (APS ČR) showed that assets managed in the new DPS system totalled CZK 320.249bn at the end of March 2026, compared with CZK 339.939bn in the older supplementary pension insurance scheme (PP)


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Pensioenfonds PGB funding ratio falls to 127.7%; -0.1% investment result for Q1

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Better Finance flags concerns on long-term impact of pension fees

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Dutch pension funds report mixed Q1 returns after transition to new system

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Recent pension reforms in Germany sought to reduce the pressure on the first-pillar system while encouraging growth in the secondand third-pillar schemes. How successful have they been?

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Europe is pushing to improve pension transparency for its growing mobile workforce. As the European Tracking Service expands and national systems evolve, policymakers and providers face a complex but crucial task: building a coherent cross-border framework that citizens can trust

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Ask the industry

After several years of strong investment performance and improved funding across

Europe, European Pensions asks whether positive results risk hiding deeper structural and long-term challenges – and how schemes, sponsors and policymakers can turn short-term gains into sustainable retirement outcomes?

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The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, in which stock markets have seen increased volatility, combined with global low interest rates has led to alternative asset classes rising in popularity. Private equity is one of the top runners in this category, and for good reason.

In this podcast, Munich Private Equity Partners Managing Director, Christopher Bär, chats to European Pensions Editor, Natalie Tuck, about the benefits private equity investments can bring to pension fund portfolios and the best approach to take.

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