All IPE articles in Top 1000 Pension Funds 2026
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Special ReportTop 10 European pension funds register AUM growth acceleration
The top 10 pension European pension funds have gained €222bn in assets since last year’s Top 1000 study, representing a 7% increase in AUM, compared with last year’s 6% growth.
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Special ReportIPE Top 1000 Pension Funds 2026: Europe’s changing €10trn pension industry
The assets held by Europe’s Top 1000 pension funds are now worth well above €10trn, and despite occasional wide fluctuations in yearly growth rates, they have increased at a healthy pace of 4.6% per year over the past decade.
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Special ReportIPE Top 1000 European Pension Funds 2026: Top 100 asset allocation
IPE’s breakdown of 100 leading pensions pension funds with asset allocation data (%)
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Special ReportIPE Top 1000 European Pension Funds 2026 rankings
IPE’s ranking of leading pension funds by assets
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Special ReportEuropean pension assets maintain momentum
The headline figure of this year’s IPE Top 1000 Pension Funds study came in 5.4% higher than last year, reaching €10.55trn.
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Special ReportEuropean legislators challenge Commission’s IORP II overhaul
MEP amendments suggest disappointing outcome for Commission, deemed to have “gone too far” in its attempt to modernise the main EU directive for occupational pensions, writes Susanna Rust







