EU Investment and Pensions
Latest news and analysis of pensions, asset management, regulation and trends in the European Union from our award-winning journalists.
What does the EU’s plan for new sustainability reporting standards mean for investors?
As the dust settles on the Commission’s proposal to update the ESRS, investor groups highlight key areas for optimism and concern
EFAMA warns EU due diligence proposals could disrupt UCITS distribution
Asset managers raise concerns over proposed EU anti-money laundering standards, noting potential disruption to global distribution of UCITS investment funds
NBIM tells Brussels Europe’s shareholder voting chain is not working
Norway’s SWF manager laments ‘fragmented system that undermines effective shareholder voting’ and makes it harder to support companies
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
Ireland country report 2025: Post-election – is auto-enrolment coming?
After successive delays, the country’s new auto-enrolment retirement system is finally set to get off the ground this year
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 ‘remains positive’ about EU Commission recommendations
The recommendations are a non-binding, non-legislative part of the Commission’s supplementary pensions package from November
Praise for EU Scale-Up Fund initiative given bloc’s late-stage equity funding gap
€100m+ rounds of equity capital remain structurally hard in Europe, according to the director of trade body Clean Tech Europe
PensionsEurope reiterates warning against workplace PEPP push
European Commission has proposed legal provisions aimed at ensuring member states do not prevent employer contributions to a PEPP, says PensionsEurope
SIU, IORP II review: Dutch pension federation MD addresses MEPs
Edith Maat sets out the conditions for the success of the European Commission’s supplementary pensions package
Investors pressure freight and logistics companies to tackle air pollution
A coalition of investors, including AkademikerPension, LBP AM, Ethos Foundation, PIRC and Achmea, have said that air pollution is an environmental risk affecting human health
‘Extensive lack of proportionality’ in IORP II proposals, says PensionsEurope
Pension fund association critical of prudent personal principle, benchmarking, scope, double materiality and other proposals
How investors are reacting to Europe’s carbon price
The EU Emissions Trading System is up for review this year, with the Commission expected to publish a legislative proposal on its post-2030 design by the summer
IORP II review: EFAMA adds to pushback against performance benchmarking proposal
Plus: PEPP 5% private assets cap ‘restrictive’ and member states’ buy-in key for supplementary pensions package success
EU consults on taxonomy revisions as member states debate its role in SFDR
A document seen by IPE shows that member states broadly support plans to use the taxonomy as an alternative measure of credibility to SFDR-set portfolio rules
EU simplification agenda calls for DORA, GDPR changes, says PensionsEurope
PensionsEurope reacts to the European Commission’s digital omnibus proposal, which the EC has presented as a simplification exercise
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