All Pan-European Pension Product (PEPP) articles
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News
EU watchdog urges EC to change approach to pensions given failures
IORP II, PEPP regulation have failed to boost supplementary pensions, says European Court of Auditors
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News
Cyprus pension provider calls for PEPP to serve as workplace pension
LifeGoals is developing a blueprint to demonstrate how a combined occupational and individual PEPP could operate in practice
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News
PEPP provider sets out reform needs for product ‘worth fighting for’
Finax CEO says PEPP ‘one of the most promising financial innovations to come out of the EU’
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Policymakers should think beyond auto-enrolment
aba’s Cornelia Schmid reflects on the European Commission’s Savings and Investments Union (SIU) strategy
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News
Cyprus pensions provider seeks partners after PEPP launch
LifeGoals will initially focus on two additional markets for the EU’s second PEPP
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News
EIOPA looking for ‘pragmatic’ outcome to IORP II review
Chair of the pension fund supervisor comments on the Commission’s Savings and Investments Union strategy
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Opinion Pieces
Europe’s investment challenge: how the Savings and Investment Union can help
Pension funds can be part of the solution to Europe’s problems, but only if the EU progresses smart policy options
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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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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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News
Aba opposes EU occupational pension products
Current proposals to use similar EU-wide pension products in company pension schemes ‘are out of place’, says Dirk Jargstorff
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News
Von der Leyen moves forward with competitiveness agenda as commissioner candidates revealed
Announcement follows last week’s Mario Draghi’s report which came with 172 policy proposals and recommendations
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News
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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Special Report
Norway: New buffer fund rules to boost returns
Providers of private guaranteed pension products are now allowed to take more risk in an effort to improve performancean
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News
Fondaereo picks Ireland to set up cross-border scheme
The plan to become a cross-border scheme runs in parallel with a review of the scheme’s investment policies for its new sub-funds ‘Equilibrio’ and ‘Crescita’
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: How EU policymakers can help plug Europe’s pension gaps
Petra Hielkema, EIOPA’s chair, sets out how the authority and EU policymakers can build an ecosystem capable of plugging the substantial pension gaps Europe is facing
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News
PEPP ‘failure’ fix and other pension priorities for new EU cycle
PensionsEurope also says pension funds ‘increasingly and incorrectly framed by EU legislation as providing products sold to consumers or customers’
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Special Report
Roundtable: PensionsEurope & IAPF - Jerry Moriarty
To strengthen European pensions, the European Commission must prioritise increasing pension coverage, closing existing gaps and ensuring favourable outcomes through funded pensions.
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Special Report
Roundtable: EIOPA - Petra Hielkema
There are there are several countries where many people are saving through occupational pensions but often this is the outcome of decades of dialogue in society between employers, employees, unions, and citizens.
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Special Report
Roundtable: Christian Lemaire
Since its creation, the EU has enjoyed greater longevity. However, in the last two decades, it has faced lower birth rates – translating into an increasing ratio of pensioners to working-age population.
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Special Report
Europe’s pension policy roundtable: Challenges for the next Commission
The experts weigh in on the future of the European Union’s pensions policy