- Irish pensions provider Kota has rolled out an auto-enrolment solution and announced a national roadshow.

The nationwide roadshow will give employers the chance to review plans, ask questions and retain control of their pension arrangements. Its six‑week tour kicks off in Dublin on 2 September and will travel to 13 locations across Ireland - Cork, Kildare, Limerick, Kilkenny, Galway, Kerry, Clare, Westmeath, Roscommon, Louth before returning to Dublin for a final session on 23 October.

- Danish pension fund P+ has joined Instagram in an effort to engage younger members.

The fund said it will use the platform to share short, clear and visual stories about retirement and working life, rather than focusing on returns and investments. P+ member director, Lene Mortensen, said Instagram has provided “another tool in the toolbox” for communicating pensions in a way that is “manageable - and perhaps even entertaining. "On Instagram", she continued, "there will be no raised pointing fingers, but rather a helping hand, so that it will hopefully be easier to understand what pensions and insurance are for some people". The account will be available under the name 'Pplus'.

- Varma has announced a management cost contribution cut for 2026.

The Finnish pension provider said it will reduce its company-specific management cost contribution by an average of around 8 per cent in 2026, with reductions exceeding 10 per cent for some clients. This follows an average 40 per cent cut since the system’s launch in 2023. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has confirmed the calculation basis for the 2026 TyEL care cost earlier this summer, with other parts of the TyEL contribution to be confirmed later in the year.

- Payden & Rygel has won a €190m Byblos Fund supplementary pension mandate.

The asset manager secured the deal following its participation in the public tender launched by the Byblos Supplementary Pension Fund, which serves workers in the paper, graphics and editorial sectors in Italy. The firm said the tailored investment strategy will emphasise diversification across global equity and credit markets, liquidity management, risk control and capital preservation. Payden & Rygel Global SIM SpA general manager, Sara Labombarda, described the award as a “great honour”. Chief of investment, Luca Armandola, added that the firm was “proud to include the Byblos Fund among Payden’s Italian institutional clients”. Founder and CEO, Joan Payden, concluded that the firm’s focus would be on “broad diversification and exposure to global credit and equity markets, with a specific focus on liquidity dynamics, risk management and capital preservation”.

- PostNL has reduced its overall pension premium from 28.5 per cent to 27.7 per cent from 1 August 2025 after changing how certain costs are allocated.

As part of the change, the cost of transitioning to the new pension scheme will now be treated as a one-off fund expense, while general administration costs for asset management will be met from fund assets and shared across active, retired and deferred members. PostNL said members’ contributions, accrual rates and benefits are unaffected.

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