EU Investment and Pensions
Latest news and analysis of pensions, asset management, regulation and trends in the European Union from our award-winning journalists.
EIOPA flags liquidity challenges as pension funds expand private market exposure
Pension funds’ rising allocations to private markets strengthen diversification but heighten liquidity management pressures, new EIOPA data shows
IORP II rapporteur defends VC allocation proposal amid pushback
MEP Damian Boeselager’s proposal for a mandatory 2% VC allocation for large schemes has met with strong criticism from specialists in occupational pensions
Enable, don’t mandate: lessons for Europe’s pension reform
Jorik van Zanden, strategy consultant at AF Advisors in the Netherlands, issues a warning to the European Parliament on the back of its initial proposals for IORP II, the EU pension fund legislation
France Country Report
France country report 2025: The rise – and rise – of the French IORP
France’s approach to the IORP framework introduced in 2019 has propelled it into fourth place in size in Europe
Germany & Austria Country Report
Pensions in Germany report 2026: Berlin embarks on DC push
Legislative changes and the reform of private pensions remain hurdles to developing a sound retirement system
Ireland Country Report
Pensions in Ireland report 2026: The story so far on auto-enrolment
Admin teething issues aside, compliance with MyFutureFund has exceeded expectations
Italy Country Report
Italy country report 2025: Pension funds step out of their comfort zone, diversify portfolios
While maintaining a domestic bias, Italian institutions are venturing into new asset classes to further diversify their portfolios
Netherlands Country Report
Netherlands country report 2025: Is the fiduciary management outsourcing trend set to continue?
Time to throw in the towel? Now even established in-house teams are shutting up shop
Spain & Portugal Country Report
Spanish country report 2024: Pension funds eye a new rate environment
Buoyed by strong returns, pension funds have been lengthening the duration in their fixed-income portfolios
PensionsEurope calls for single set of ESG data points for all EU legislation
Responding to EIOPA’s discussion paper on integrated data collection, PensionsEurope says the association’s suggestions are ‘unsuited to occupational pensions’
EU parliament proposes VC allocation requirement in IORP II review proposal
Damian Boeselager, the MEP in charge of the IORP II reform for the European Parliament, has outlined his initial thinking about the way forward
#29 Leaders in Investment podcast: Rasmus Bessing, Co-Chief Investment Officer Responsible Investments and Investment Products, PFA
In conversation with Liam Kennedy, Editorial Director, IPE
National pensions tracking experts see limited scope for integrated European service
Creating a pensions tracking service “not a development that can take place from one day to another”, says Dan Adolphson Björck of Sweden’s minPension
Defence and sustainable investment debates need more nuance, says Eurosif
New Eurosif paper highlights varying investor approaches as asset owners assess whether defence can sit inside sustainable strategies
European small-cap equities: Time for the tail to wag the dog?
Europe’s small-caps have shown attractive valuations. Now smaller firms in sectors like tech, defence and energy infrastructure look set to shine
Digital assets at an inflection point: regulation and jurisdiction shape the path to scale
Benefits include greater efficiency, liquidity and access, while regulatory clarity and jurisdictional alignment will determine whether institutional adoption can scale
Tokenisation as a policy test and the case for European pension funds
For decades, pension funds across Europe have navigated volatile markets by acting in the long-term interests of beneficiaries – but the financial assets and the infrastructure underlying that approach are about to change
How Europe can match the US in the tokenised economy
While the continent has led on regulation, US-issued and dollar-denominated stablecoins dominate the global market
European pension funds focus investment domestically as fears grow over the US
Doubts over the direction of the Trump administration are rising due to the war against Iran
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