All PEPP articles
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News
European roundup: Consolidated tape could attract capital into smaller markets, says EFAMA
Plus: PEPP platform launched by UK technology provider
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News
Insurer Uniqa abandons PEPP project due to legal concerns
Window for applications for PEPPs opened on 22 March with no clarity on product launches
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Special Report
Special Report – Pan-European Personal Pensions
From March, the European Commission’s vision of a simple, cross-border savings product becomes a reality with the launch of the Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP). EU citizens will for the first time be able to channel savings into a long-term third-pillar product that is cost effective, simple and portable across borders.
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Special Report
The jury is still out on PEPP: industry views
IPE asked some of the leading voices in the European pension industry to comment on the likelihood of success for the PEPP
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Special Report
PEPP: Few players on the starting line
In March, the European Union’s Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) framework comes into effect, amid doubts about the take-up by providers
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Special Report
Case study: Readying PEPP for launch
The EU’s PEPP is like a shuttle aircraft, with the potential to carry individual savers across Europe. But its flight plan is detailed and complex, and admin providers play a key role in preparing PEPP for launch
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Opinion Pieces
PEPP could be a slow-burn success if big asset managers help
When early pan-European pension concepts took shape, spearheaded by the late Koen de Ryck of Pragma Consulting and his groundbreaking 1996 report, there was a vision that cross-border pension provision by the likes of Unilever and Shell would provide a European model for DB pensions that would boost labour mobility, take workplace retirement provision to under-served markets and set standards for the future.
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Special Report
Francesco Briganti: All’s well that ends well for PEPP?
Despite the remaining questions, the impact of the PEPP on European pensions could be positive
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News
EIOPA returns with second survey of PEPP provision appetite
The PEPP Regulation comes into force on 22 March this year
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Country Report
Interview: Dace Ljusa
After 18 years as CEO of Latvia’s SEB Pension Fund, Dace Ljusa has just stepped down. She is now turning her sights to developing a strong corporate governance ethic throughout her home country and the Baltics
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Opinion Pieces
Lacklustre pensions in an innovative CEE region
Capital funded pension systems across the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries have suffered from poor policy decisions over the years. These have included suspensions or reductions to contributions and even transfers of assets from individual accounts to the state.
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Country Report
M&A reshapes CEE pensions market
Some European insurance groups are retreating from the CEE region, while others are snapping up assets. All this is reshaping pillar-two pensions
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Opinion Pieces
News Notes: PEPP cap elicits muted response
The date for authorisation for the so-called Pan-European personal pension product (PEPP) is fast approaching – 22 March 2022 – and yet the European pensions market seems to be relatively quiet about it.
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News
Ageas, Emergo Wealth target first-wave PEPPs
However, interest is low as fee cap and mandatory advice requirements weigh in
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News
PRIIPs KID not suitable for pension products, says PensionsEurope
European Commission and EIOPA should protect pension products’ specificities and diversity, says lobby group
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News
EC confirms ‘quite some delay’ in IORP II review
Didier Millerot, head of insurance and pensions unit, gave an overview of EC pension initiatives at a conference yesterday
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News
EU could fund DC transition by issuing debt, says Bernardino
Some 20 EU member states still have no tracking systems
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Country Report
Second-pillar pensions: The virtuous circle that will not start
Italy’s second-pillar pension system is developing but the industry awaits more decisive policymaking
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News
EU database among Delbecque ideas for PEPP-boosting action on tax
Member state rulemakers also urged to give PEPP the same tax benefit as national personal pension products