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Special ReportTop 1000 Pension Funds 2022: Pension assets increase reflects 2021’s markets
The assets of the leading 1000 European pension funds increased by well over €600bn in our latest survey – a large portion of which can be attributed to strong investment returns on the back of a sustained post-COVID rebound over the course of 2021. Developed market equities returned over 30% in euro terms in 2021, compared with losses of around 4.7% in global aggregate bonds.
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Top 1000 Pension Funds 2022: Data
OECD Pension Funds in Figures, 2022 (data for France from 2021 edition); *Data on asset allocation in these figures include both direct investment in equities, bills and bonds, cash and deposits and indirect investment through CIS when the look-through of CIS investments is ...
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Austria: Debate on pension reforms continues
Promises to review Austria’s pension system made over recent years have not materialised, resulting in a renewed push for action by the pension industry
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Belgium: Limited agreement on pension changes reached
A minimum monthly first-pillar pension will apply from 2024 but there has been little effort to boost supplementary schemes
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Denmark: Commission heralds comprehensive approach
Expert body tackles complexity, incentives, tax and indexation
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Finland: New laws passed ahead of unified pensions blueprint
Working group proposals for merging pension systems yet to be published
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France: New government revives pension reform
Under Emmanuel Macron’s second presidential term, the French government hopes to achieve an overhaul of the first-pillar pension system
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Special ReportGermany: Unlocking innovation and improving risk assessment
The German government is encouraging institutional investors to invest in venture capital funds to help support start-up companies
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Special ReportIceland: International Monetary Fund warns on system risk
Despite its top-ranking pension system, there has been slow progress on increasing diversification abroad and in infrastructure
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Ireland: IORP implementation prompts consolidation
Ireland’s pensions trade body warns that many smaller schemes will be unable to meet the requirements of IORP II, accelerating the move to master trusts
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Italy: Debate on reform continues ahead of snap election
Plans announced to lower the retirement age and raise public benefits, but there has been little discussion of a greater role for second-pillar pensions
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Special ReportNetherlands: Rising funding ratios with a bitter side taste
Dutch funding ratios have continued to rise, but are being overshadowed by inflation concerns and enormous investment losses
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Special ReportNorway: Steps towards a new pension settlement
Increasing the retirement age will help put Norway’s pension system on a more sustainable footing, but improving benefits will mean extra costs
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Special ReportPortugal: Sustainability efforts need to be redoubled
Portugal recognises that past pension reforms mitigated the fiscal effects of an ageing population, but more effort is needed over the coming years
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Special ReportSpain: Second-pillar reforms broaden coverage
Amendments to existing laws and new ones extend access to second-pillar occupational pension funds to more workers
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Special ReportSweden: Premium pension revamp takes shape
Following the appointment of a board, the new Fund Selection Agency is filling senior management slots and the AP7 default fund is undergoing a strategy revamp
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Special ReportSwitzerland: First-pillar reforms put to the public
A referendum this autumn will decide the fate of reform to the first pillar, and parliament will debate the reform of the second pillar
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Special ReportUK: Going green amid a regulatory overhaul
The industry is concerned about a focus on derisking as the regulator’s new funding code takes shape this autumn
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Special ReportTop 1000 Pension Funds 2021: Powering on ahead
With a gross headline increase in pension assets of over €800bn – or 9.8% – Europe’s pension fund asset pools can be said to have powered through the COVID-19 crisis, riding the market highs to bank a solid recovery.
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