Latest News

Achmea completes Dutch pension buyout with Kring ES Nederland


By Paige Perrin

Achmea Pension & Life Insurance has completed the collective value transfer of Kring ES Nederland’s pension liabilities from Centraal Beheer APF, following approval from De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB).

DNB informed the pension fund at the end of September that it would not exercise its right to prohibit the collective value transfer, and the transaction was completed on 1 October


Check out our latest news

Austrian pension funds return 5% in first nine months of 2026

Austrian pension funds returned 5.03 per cent in the first three quarters of 2026, according to the Austrian Association of Pension and Provident Funds
The Netherlands' BPL Pensioen receives regulatory approval for pension transition

BPL Pensioen, the Dutch pension fund for those in the agriculture and green sector, has received approval from De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) to transfer accrued pension entitlements to the new Dutch pension system

EP-Awards

Belgium enacts reforms to self-employed workers' supplementary pensions

Regulations relating to the supplementary pension scheme for the self-employed (PLCI) in Belgium have been reformed, including changes to contribution rates and access requirements
Danish pension assets more than quadruple in 23 years

Danish pension assets have more than quadrupled over the past 23 years, with a saver putting DKK 100 into their pension pot in 2002 having DKK 402 by the end of 2025, according to figures from Insurance & Pension (I&P) Denmark

Netherlands’ Waterbouw Pension Fund agrees collective value transfer to PGB

Dutch pension fund PGB has announced that Waterbouw Pension Fund, the pension scheme for the water management sector, plans to join PGB via a collective value transfer, subject to approval by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)
Most Swedish savers satisfied with premium pension fund support

Most savers in Sweden's premium pension system are satisfied with the support available to help them choose investment funds, according to a report from the Swedish Pensions Agency


View More News

Latest Podcasts

View More Podcasts

View Videos

Check out our latest appointments

Check out our latest features

Austria: A new horizon

Austria’s strong state pension system is facing growing pressure from demographic change and high public spending. As policymakers seek to strengthen sustainability, attention is turning to occupational pensions – but whether voluntary provision can deliver the scale needed remains uncertain. Paige Perrin reports

Who shares wins

Collective sharing of risks or rewards form part of almost every national pensions system. As the UK launches a new type of collective defined contribution scheme, David Adams asks what policymakers, the pensions industry and employers can learn from the different ways collective elements are used in pension systems across Europe

Austria’s pension reform: cautious steps towards a stronger second pillar

Austria’s planned occupational pension reform is welcome for a country still heavily reliant on its public pay-as-you go system. Yet the measures fall short of the structural change needed. Valida Vorsorge Management member of the executive board, Philipp Mayer, explores

Over the line

After years of delays, Ireland’s auto-enrolment system has finally crossed the try line. But while MyFutureFund has been welcomed as a landmark reform, concerns remain over aspects of its implementation and the wider changes reshaping the pensions landscape. David Adams reports

Joining forces

Paige Perrin explores the current trend of consolidation in the Icelandic pension sector and the wider impacts of a more concentrated market structure on competition, ownership and financial stability

The cost compass

The continent’s pension sector is rethinking fees and costs as regulators, providers and policymakers shift the debate from price alone in search for value for money, transparency and better longterm outcomes for savers. Pete Carvill reports

Savings under scrutiny

From France and Hungary to Estonia and Slovenia, a series of recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Economic Surveys has placed pension reform firmly on the agenda. Callum Conway rounds up the organisation’s latest country recommendations and the very different retirement challenges facing policymakers across Europe

Built to last

Swiss Pension Fund Association director, Lukas Müller-Brunner, sits down with Paige Perrin to speak about the strengths of Switzerland’s multi-pillar pension system, the challenges the Swiss pension industry is facing, and the importance of preserving employer involvement and improving efficiency without simply relying on further consolidation of pension funds

Ask the industry

Imagine you have €1 billion (or equivalent value in local currency) of new capital to invest today for your pension fund/pension fund client. How would you allocate it, what opportunities would you avoid, and what factors would most influence your decisions?

The resilience shield

European pension funds are redefining resilience as geopolitical instability, climate risk and digital dependence reshape the landscape. Beyond funding and investment risk, regulators are now focused on operational vulnerabilities – from cyber threats to reliance on non‑European IT providers – raising new questions about the role of pensions as critical financial infrastructure. Ellie Carric reports

The dollar dilemma

Currency hedging is back in focus as doubts emerge over the dollar’s traditional role as a safe haven. Against a backdrop of heightened volatility, European pension funds are reviewing their exposure to foreign exchange risk and the opportunities hedging can offer. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports

Sweden’s pension balancing act

Skandia head of public and regulatory affairs, Mattias Munter, speaks to Callum Conway about the strengths of Sweden’s multi-pillar pension system, the lessons from recent governance controversies, and why adequacy, trust and private savings reform will shape the sector’s future

View More Features

EP-Awards

Podcast: Stepping up to the challenge
In the latest European Pensions podcast, Natalie Tuck talks to PensionsEurope chair, Jerry Moriarty, about his new role and the European pension policy agenda

Podcast: The benefits of private equity in pension fund portfolios
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.

Mitigating risk
BNP Paribas Asset Management’s head of pension solutions, Julien Halfon, discusses equity hedging with Laura Blows

Advertisement
© 2019 Perspective Publishing     Privacy & Cookies