- Nordea Liv and the Norwegian Finance Association have entered into a cooperation to deliver pension solutions and advisory services.

The deal provides Nordea’s 36,000 members with competitive administration and management terms across all portfolios, as well as access to advice through Nordea. The benefits apply to all members of the Norwegian Financial Services Association, including elected representatives, pensioners, and employees. Nordea Liv CEO, Hans-Erik Lind, said the firm was “very pleased to have been given the trust to deliver the pension solution to Finansforbundet”, adding that the partnership would offer “some of the market’s best conditions within pensions and advice”. Finansforbundet director, Dag Arne Kristensen, described the new arrangement as a “natural extension” of existing banking benefits for members.

- The Queen of the Netherlands has met with the Dutch Pension Federation during a working visit to ADG Dienstengroep in Houten.

Her Majesty Queen Máxima met with employees and representatives from the Pension Federation, focusing on how to make pensions more understandable and relevant for workers. Discussions revealed that nearly half of the surveyed employees had not yet considered their financial situation after retirement. Pension Federation chair, Ger Jaarsma, said pension funds were increasingly combining digital campaigns such as Money for Later with in-person meetings, to make communication “more accessible, personalised and understandable”. The visit concluded with Queen Máxima receiving the “pension compass” from ADG staff, symbolising the call to “stay on track for the future”, ahead of the annual Pension3-Day event in November.

- The winners of the Netspar Thesis Awards 2025 have been announced.

The awards recognise outstanding academic work by young researchers in the field of pensions and ageing. The winners were revealed during Pension Day in Utrecht, recognising outstanding academic work on pensions and ageing. Vatsal Desai of Simon Fraser University received the MSc award for his thesis on collective defined contribution (DC) plan design and benefit smoothing, while KU Leuven’s Jens Robben won the PhD award for his research on mortality modelling using fine-grained data. The jury praised the originality and policy relevance of both works, noting their contribution to current debates under the Dutch Future of Pensions Act. Other shortlisted theses came from universities in Amsterdam, Groningen and Utrecht.

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