All European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) articles
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News
What’s in the EU’s new work plan for 2025?
Commission is sticking with FiDA and plans to reduce sustainability rules, but delaying IORP, SDR and SFDR reviews
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EIOPA: Pension risk stable, market risks still key concern
Geopolitical tensions are reshaping global dynamics, heightening concerns about declining international cooperation and escalating risks and uncertainties
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PensionsEurope opposes additional liquidity risk measures at EU level
Industry group responds to EIOPA draft opinion on supervision of IORPs’ liquidity risk management
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Pension funds should not be treated as NBFIs, PensionsEurope tells EC
Industry association responds to consultation that will inform policy planning in the Commission’s new political mandate
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EU should centralise ESG disclosures to cut costs for investors, says think tank
Think-tank Theia Finance Labs cites estimates that investors spend around €150,000 each year on public disclosures and €1m annually on broader reporting requirements
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EIOPA chair links horizontal legislation to complexity, reporting burden
There is an imperative to be ‘smart and efficient’, said Petra Hielkema at EIOPA conference
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Pension funds’ assets down by up to 21.5% in climate stress scenario
Losses from the climate transition alone are, however, unlikely to threaten EU financial stability, according to regulators
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EIOPA calls for special rules on insurers’ fossil fuel assets to manage transition risks
EIOPA is proposing a 17% capital surcharge on fossil fuel equity holdings and up to 40% for related corporate bonds
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Bayer Pensionskasse CEO calls for minimum standards for IORP liquidity risks
Stephan Nellshen said a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to dealing with liquidity risks, especially at the European level, would not work well
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Analysis
Pan-European personal pension product requires improvement
Funded pensions can provide both a retirement income for EU citizens and capital for long-term investments by financial institutions.
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ESAs deliver EU data portal, SFDR adverse impact reports
ESAs say draft rules on data portal are ‘first milestone for successful establishment of a fully operational ESAP’
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Nordic FSA chiefs urge EU regulators to simplify financial rulebook
Simpler rules should be enforced by ‘risk-based supervision with strong discretionary tools’, Nordic watchdogs tell EIOPA, ESMA, EBA heads
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ESAs slam Commission’s rejection of DORA’s technical standards
ESMA, EBA and EIOPA have jointly called on the European Commission to reconsider its stance
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Opinion Pieces
The EU needs a few more AP7s
Europe sure does not have a savings problem – EU household savings amounted to €1.4trn in 2022 versus €840bn in the US. What Europe does have, though, is a glut of bank savings capital that serves as a double bind.
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EIOPA proposes stricter liquidity risk management for pension funds
An increase in interest rates would potentially require pension funds to fulfil margin calls of almost €67bn
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Lessons for Europe from China
The gradual approach adopted by the Chinese government is both pragmatic and considerate
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Drop 1% cost cap for PEPP, advises EIOPA
The European pension regulator believes scrapping the cap will encourage interest in launching a Pan-European Pension Product among potential providers
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Analysis
Investment strategy: how one Dutch pension fund democratised its ESG process
Pensioenfonds Detailhandel’s groundbreaking attempt to democratise its investment process is just one development in this growing trend
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Special Report
Ireland: Auto-enrolment slips to vaguer deadline
With a general election looming, there are concerns that workplace pensions will not be a priority
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Fondaereo’s cross-border project could shake up landscape as EU reviews IORP II
IORP II directive has ‘complicated the regulatory landscape, says CBBA’s Francesco Briganti