Central and Eastern Europe Investment and Pensions
Latest news and analysis of pensions, asset management, regulation and trends in Central and Eastern Europe from our award-winning journalists.
A cautionary tale from Estonia
‘There is a risk that people will withdraw their savings and experience economic difficulties later,‘ says Heidi Reinson, financial behaviour researcher
Manager expectations of a disorderly climate transition rise
LCP survey also found that a third of surveyed managers are unsure whether ESG initiatives such as NZAM will play significant role in investment industry
Dutch lawmakers under pressure to allow shareholder ‘say-on-sustainability’
Upcoming debate on CSRD transposition will reveal whether politicians follow in footsteps of Spain, Estonia and Switzerland
Slovenian voters reject special artists’ pension plan
The related parliamentary bill had already been passed in January this year
Velliv to shift more equities exposure to Europe, after €500m US sell-off
Denmark’s fifth-largest pension fund targets smaller European firms which don’t depend on exports to US
Lithuania’s planned second pillar reforms alarm pensions industry
Lithuanian Investment and Pension Funds’ Association (LIPFA) chair says changes are a ‘mistake’ because they would ‘break’ pension system
IPE Conference: Tough tasks ahead for European leaders, conference hears from geopolitics experts
Europe not doomed by the US political shift, says former Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt
TOP CEE PENSION FUNDS 2026
- Pension fund/entity | Assets (€’000)
- Nationale-Nederlanden PTE (Poland) | 21,771,401
- PTE Allianz Polska (Poland) | 19,421,479
- ZUS-Social Insurance Institution (Poland) | 19,087,558
- NN Pensil (Romania) | 15,000,000
- Allianz ZB (Croatia) | 11,118,079
- OFE PZU (Poland) | 10,355,157
- Generali PTE (Poland) | 9,953,991
- AZT Viitorul Tău (Romania) | 9,392,023
- AZ Mandatory Pension Fund Category B (Croatia) | 9,356,000
©IPE Research; View the Top 1000 European Pensions Funds 2026 for a comprehensive market overview
IPE BEST PENSION FUND IN CEE AWARD WINNERS
- 2025 - SEB Life and Pension Baltic SE
- 2024 - INVL pensija 1989-1995 Index Plus | PZU OFE ”Złota Jesień”
- 2023 - Nationale-Nederlanden
- 2022 - Swedbank Pension 1982-1988
- 2021 - Swedbank Pension Plan Dinamika+100
- 2020 - Swedbank Pension Plan 1990+
Preparedness: a new asset class?
Wars are famously costly. Most people would agree that preventing them is infinitely preferable to paying for them.
A cautionary tale from Estonia
‘There is a risk that people will withdraw their savings and experience economic difficulties later,‘ says Heidi Reinson, financial behaviour researcher
Manager expectations of a disorderly climate transition rise
LCP survey also found that a third of surveyed managers are unsure whether ESG initiatives such as NZAM will play significant role in investment industry
Dutch lawmakers under pressure to allow shareholder ‘say-on-sustainability’
Upcoming debate on CSRD transposition will reveal whether politicians follow in footsteps of Spain, Estonia and Switzerland
Insourcing versus outsourcing: a deceptively simple question
Leading executives at the UK’s NEST Invest, France’s ERAFP and Germany’s Bosch Pensionsfonds spoke to Joseph Mariathasan about operational and asset allocation challenges
Slovenian voters reject special artists’ pension plan
The related parliamentary bill had already been passed in January this year
Velliv to shift more equities exposure to Europe, after €500m US sell-off
Denmark’s fifth-largest pension fund targets smaller European firms which don’t depend on exports to US
Fixed income, rates, currencies: Trump’s tariff announcements weigh on sentiment
As tariff announcements garner huge amounts of media attention, financial market reactions have been muted. Participants are trying to beat off tariff fatigue and assess the best path through all the smoke and mirrors.
Lithuania’s planned second pillar reforms alarm pensions industry
Lithuanian Investment and Pension Funds’ Association (LIPFA) chair says changes are a ‘mistake’ because they would ‘break’ pension system
Fixed income, rates, currencies: Trump 2.0 sends global markets out of sync
Trump’s re-election prompted a rally in US assets, but elsewhere in global markets investors did not react positively
IPE Conference: Tough tasks ahead for European leaders, conference hears from geopolitics experts
Europe not doomed by the US political shift, says former Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt
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