Gail Moss
Reporter
- News
France could save €60bn a year by funding civil service pensions
The Institut Economique Molinari says that since 1977 civil service pension expenditure has tripled from €20bn in 1977 to €62bn in 2023, in real terms
- 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
- News
Christian investing initiative is launched
The aim is to drive a new market for Christian Faith Consistent Investing
- News
OECD calls for strong action to make pension systems more inclusive
Overall pension assets in OECD countries grew by 10% in 2023, reaching over $56trn
- Special Report
UK group litigation funding: Devil in the detail
Third-party litigation funding (TPLF) has become a key ‘must-have’ for opt-in group litigation in Europe, but in July 2023 the UK Supreme Court made a ruling that potentially threw a spanner in the works for such funding used in UK lawsuits.
- 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
- Country Report
Two Dutch pension funds outline plans for defined contribution transition
Two schemes explain how they intend to transform into DC plans.
- Special Report
Can active ETFs give institutional investors more choice?
Pension funds are increasingly showing interest in active ETFs for their flexibility, cost-effectiveness and ability to generate value beyond index returns
- Country Report
French workplace pensions grow as reform controversy recedes
Macron’s controversial pension reforms look likely to survive, at least for now, and despite the political turmoil of the recent elections
- Special Report
France: Macron’s reforms look secure
President Macron’s pension reforms may have their detractors, but the hung parliament is not expected to roll back any of them significantly
- Special Report
Iceland: New law opens up rental markets
Reforms will lead to fundamental changes in Icelandic pensions
- Special Report
Portugal: Sticking to the pension promise
The country’s new government has vowed to increase retirement payments
- Special Report
Spain: Sweeping pension reforms fail to get off the ground
The country’s unstable political environment means pensions are not a priority
- Asset Class Reports
Compenswiss: a newcomer to private credit
Four European pension schemes outline their activity in the private credit market
- Asset Class Reports
Denmark’s Lærernes ups its appetite for private credit risk
Lærernes Pension (LP), the pension fund for teachers in Denmark, started investing in private credit in 2018, in small amounts. In 2021 it made a more sizeable strategic allocation to the asset class.
- Asset Class Reports
PenSam focuses on funds
Four European pension schemes outline their activity in the private credit market
- News
Growing gap in UK company mental health support, says UK research
CCLA benchmark is primarily designed as a tool to guide investors in engaging with companies, rather than using it to include or exclude companies from their portfolios
- Analysis
Europe's pension bodies struggle to make their voice heard on blanket EU rules
Horizontal regulation does not take into account the peculiarities of retirement schemes
- Interviews
Pension funds on the record: stewardship and engagement
IPE asked European pension funds to outline their strategy at this year’s shareholder meetings
- Country Report
Norway: competition hots up in the municipal pensions market
The return of Storebrand signals an uptick in market activity