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Occupational pension funds are financial institutions that manage collective retirement schemes for employers, in order to provide benefits to employees.

Occupational pension funds benefit from the principles of free movement of capital and free provision of services in the EU. This means that

  • pension funds in one EU country can manage occupational pension schemes for companies established in another EU country
  • pan-EU companies can have a single pension fund for all their subsidiaries throughout the EU

Occupational pension funds operating in the EU are regulated by Directive 2003/41/EC, also known as the IORP directive.

Revision of the IORP directive

In December 2016, the EU adopted a recast version of the IORP directive to encourage long-term investment through occupational pension funds.








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Pension Funds - 201917 articles out of 17.

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2012 Pension Funds
2012-12-17 IPE: Dutch investors falling short on sustainability policies
2012-12-17 NAPF: Europe's pensions directive study "not fit for purpose"
2012-12-11 EIOPA consults on draft ITS for occupational pension schemes
2012-12-06 Risk.net: The unintended consequences of the UFR
2012-11-28 ABI: Industry publishes joint code on pension charges
2012-11-27 ABI: Insurers well-prepared and committed to making financial advice changes a success for consumers
2012-11-26 IPE: Lithuanian parliament approves long-awaited pension reforms
2012-11-23 IPE: Webb praised for throwing down gauntlet in defined ambition paper
2012-11-22 FSA consultation: A new capital regime for Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) operators
2012-11-22 DWP: Reinvigorating workplace pensions
2012-11-21 IPE: Request for preliminary QIS results unfeasible
2012-11-21 IPE: UK pensions regulation should move from nudging to shoving
2012-11-21 EIOPA clarifies role of holistic balance sheet for occupational pensions
2012-11-20 IPE: Solvency II could cost UK pensions industry £400 billion
2012-11-20 IMA says good governance is essential to protect pension savers
2012-11-16 IPE: France lagging far behind European counterparts on pensions reform
2012-11-16 IPE: Opaque Dutch pension system shifting towards DC
2012-11-15 IPE: Pensions funds should consider utility company inflation swaps
2012-11-15 IPE: Financial crisis too big for Central, Eastern Europe's second pillars
2012-11-09 IPE: Czech second-pillar pension system passes final hurdle
2012-11-06 DWP consultation on removing NEST restrictions – NAPF comment
2012-11-06 IPE: DWP publishes 'call for evidence' on impact of NEST restrictions
2012-11-05 FN: Bernardino draws fire over EIOPA's need for speed
2012-11-02 IPE: DC pensions market set for growth in Europe
2012-11-01 RFI: Hollande government partially reverses Sarkozy pension reform
2012-10-26 IPE: German government dismisses pension industry's call for reforms
2012-10-25 IPE: OECD set to recommend auto-enrolment for Irish pension system
2012-10-25 IPE: Germany's ABA dismisses QIS as 'Solvency II with complexity'
2012-10-24 Irish Department of Social Protection: Report on Pension Charges in Ireland 2012
2012-10-23 EFAMA: The IORP Directive revision - a truly political debate
2012-10-23 IPE: Interest in buyouts doubles among Irish pension funds – IAPF
2012-10-23 IPE: Industry organisations accuse Brussels of ignoring EIOPA advice
2012-10-22 WSJ: Northern European investors steer clear of needy South
2012-10-22 IPE: Austria's VBV calls for separation of active, retired pension fund members
2012-10-19 IPE: UK pensions minister proposes DB with no liability beyond employment
2012-10-18 IPE: EIOPA – Only revised IORP Directive will revive moribund DB schemes
2012-10-17 NAPF: Pension funds need discount rate relief to cope with QE
2012-10-17 IPE: Brussels bows to pressure over IORP II confidence levels
2012-10-16 EIOPA launches first quantitative impact study for revised IORP
2012-10-16 EIOPA's study on the impact of Solvency II type proposals on pensions - NAPF comment
2012-10-15 IPE: Pension funds should consider dropping traditional hedging
2012-10-12 IPE: Innovative investments essential for pension funds
2012-10-12 IPE: MSCI warns ultimate forward rate poses risks to Dutch pension funds
2012-10-11 IPE: UK companies using half of dividends to offset pensions deficits
2012-10-10 IPE: Pensions worried by auto-enrolment opt-out provisions
2012-10-10 IPE: UK Pensions Regulator unlikely to be given power to force mergers
2012-10-10 Pension funds comment on Regulator's funding analysis
2012-10-08 FT: Pension funds assess investments in government debt
2012-10-08 FT: Report from actuarial consultants urges hedging of pension schemes
2012-10-08 IPE: Regulators stick with 25 per cent property shock
2012-10-05 IPE: Dutch regulator adopts new discount rate for pension funds
2012-10-03 IPE: EIOPA's QIS technical specifications reveal tensions with Brussels
2012-10-03 IPE: ECB welcomes reporting requirements under revised IORP Directive
2012-10-02 IPE: EIOPA submits QIS technical standards for revised IORP Directive
2012-10-02 Draft Technical Specifications: QIS of EIOPA's Advice on the Review of the IORP Directive
2012-10-01 NAPF: Game-changing pension reforms will help the UK save more
2012-09-30 The Pensions Regulator launches consultation: Maintaining contributions
2012-09-28 IPE: Pension funds should beware calls to boost domestic investment
2012-09-27 EDHEC response to the European Commission White Paper, "An Agenda for Adequate, Safe and Sustainable Pensions"
2012-09-24 IPE: Pension asset-to-GDP ratios for OECD countries up 5 per cent over decade
2012-09-21 OECD: Pension fund assets at record high but investment returns negative in 2011
2012-09-19 Commissioner Andor underlines urgency of addressing pension challenges
2012-09-19 IPE: Brussels aiming to launch QIS for IORP Directive by mid-October
2012-09-19 EFRP publishes position paper on the EC White Paper on Pensions
2012-09-18 IPE: DWP stands by 'absolutely critical' state pension reforms
2012-09-17 FT: Cameron puts brakes on pension reform
2012-09-13 NAPF: Multi-employer pension schemes gain stronger voice
2012-08-30 IPE: IORP framework could impinge on social partner agreements
2012-08-24 IPE: High volume of responses to EIOPA consultation likely to delay QIS launch
2012-08-23 IMA response to ABI's letter on pension charges
2012-08-07 Professional Pensions: Barnier and Hutton in broadsheet spat over IORP
2012-08-03 IPE: European associations predict HBS will result in pseudo security
2012-08-03 IPE: IORP Directive approach to property simple-minded
2012-08-01 IPE: UK industry critical of 'tight' timetable, narrow scope for QIS
2012-07-31 EFRP response to EIOPA Consultation on Quantitative Impact Study
2012-07-31 NAPF: Damaging pension plans being rushed through by Europe
2012-07-30 IMA's response to Fair Pensions report
2012-07-23 NAPF: Pension funds welcome Kay Review
2012-07-19 IPE: Ireland announces details of index-linked, amortising bonds
2012-07-18 IPE: Pension funds urged to consider 'mortality buffer'
2012-07-16 Yet more irresponsible scaremongering on pensions – this time from the politicians
2012-07-16 IPE: Spanish government in talks with pensions industry on bond rules
2012-07-13 IPE: EIOPA consultation on QIS not doing its job
2012-07-13 Pensions and youth employment: EESC seeks a delicate balance
2012-07-09 IPE: Pensions liabilities should be discounted against non-bonds
2012-07-06 IPE: ACA blasts impact study on EIOPA's holistic balance sheet
2012-07-05 NAPF: £50 billion of fresh QE sparks pension fund reaction
2012-07-04 IPE: LIBOR scandal could hit pension funds depending on derivatives trades
2012-07-03 IPE: Consultation paper on HBS study fails to assess real impact on pensions
2012-07-02 IPE: Looking to IORP III?
2012-07-02 IPE: Pensions industry calls on Brussels to improve disclosure for proxy services
2012-06-27 IPE: EIOPA failed to plan for negative holistic balance sheet result
2012-06-22 IPE: Germany, France irresponsible to fight pension liability disclosure
2012-06-18 IPE: UK pensions industry blasts 'holistic balance sheet' approach
2012-06-15 Europe consults on Pensions Directive study - NAPF comment
2012-06-15 IPE: EIOPA starts consultation process on 'holistic balance sheet' study
2012-06-15 Statement from IMA chief executive on CPS report, ‘Put the saver first’
2012-06-15 EIOPA launches consultation on the Quantitative Impact Study
2012-06-14 IPE: Finnish industry welcomes new solvency law for pension funds
2012-06-12 OECD says raising retirement ages and expanding private pension coverage essential
2012-06-11 FN: Pension funds resist compliance services for unnecessary rules
2012-06-07 NAPF: Financial reporting rules could burden large pension funds
2012-06-06 IPE: Industry welcomes 'encouraging' news of IORP delay, study on long-term investing
2012-06-01 IPE: Barnier confirms IORP delay, announces Green Paper on long-term investing
2012-06-01 Commissioner Barnier: Insurance reforms - Putting the European economy back on the path towards sustainable growth
2012-05-31 IPE: Kamp - Existing and new Dutch pension rights to be subject to single framework
2012-05-31 GO: Audit - EU Pension Fund position paper for the European Parliament
2012-05-25 IPE: Pensions regulation - A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
2012-05-24 DG ECFIN: 2012 Ageing Report
2012-05-23 BoE/Bean: Pension funds and quantitative easing
2012-05-22 NAPF: Pension funds respond to IMF call for more QE
2012-05-21 IPE: EIOPA to postpone paper on QIS for holistic balance sheet plan
2012-05-17 IPE: UK parliamentarians step up pressure on defined contribution pension fees
2012-05-15 IPE: Dutch pension funds' recovery plans could fall short of recovery
2012-05-14 IPE: Restructurings could have major impact on pension funds
2012-05-10 IPE: The IORP Directive - Voting with their feet
2012-05-10 IPE: Solvency II look-through approach a threat to fund managers
2012-05-09 IPE: Consensus on pension insurance fund still eludes German stakeholders
2012-05-09 NAPF delighted Queen's Speech promises state pension reform
2012-05-08 IPE: Irish pensions industry calls for greater clarity in DC regulation
2012-05-04 IPE: New Swiss pensions supervisor to make underfunding a priority
2012-05-04 IPE: Holistic balance sheet approach a danger to occupational pensions
2012-05-02 IPE: The difficulty of building an efficient pensions system
2012-05-01 IPE: Liability-driven investing - Best foot forward
2012-04-27 OECD: Sweden needs an independent committee to oversee National Pension Funds
2012-04-27 Regulator's help for final salary pensions - NAPF comment
2012-04-27 IPE: UK pensions regulator outlines DB funding expectations
2012-04-27 FSA: Pension transfer value analysis assumptions
2012-04-26 IPE: Forcing pension funds to make return guarantees a mistake
2012-04-26 IPE: EU countries requesting 'radical, intrusive' advice on pensions reform
2012-04-25 EIOPA thinking to revise timeline for holistic balance sheet study
2012-04-25 IPE: UK minister criticises 'horrifying' lack of IORP impact assessment
2012-04-24 IPE: Pension funds must act fast to seal bulk annuity, longevity swap deals
2012-04-24 IPE: European reform will not damage pensions industry
2012-04-19 TheCityUK/Cummings: We need to encourage a savings culture
2012-04-16 IPE: Austrian finance ministry dismisses criticism of patchwork pensions
2012-04-05 IPE: Ireland announces details of new funding standard for pension funds
2012-04-02 IPE: Regulating Europe
2012-03-29 IPE: European Commission deems Swedish pensions tax law discriminatory
2012-03-27 NAPF: DWP Select Committee told that EU rules based on Solvency II are the single biggest threat to UK DB pensions
2012-03-26 EFRP submission to the Work and Pensions Committee on EU Pensions Policy
2012-03-26 ABI commits to continuing dialogue with Europe over pensions
2012-03-19 IPE: BlueCrest says regulation will deepen impact of inflation on pension funds
2012-03-15 IPE: EU not the 'bad cop' of pensions reform
2012-03-14 NAPF comments on new 100-year bonds
2012-03-12 Letter to the [UK] Chancellor on pensions tax relief
2012-03-12 IPE: NAPF suggests UK pensions regulator should be allowed to merge DC schemes
2012-03-09 NAPF: Exchange traded funds 'made simple' for pension funds
2012-03-06 DG MARKT’s Director General, Jonathan Faull: IORP Directive must account for past pensions promises
2012-03-01 Employers, worker and industry representatives: “Commission should reconsider plans on occupational pensions”
2012-03-01 Barnier: Towards a real single market for occupational pensions offering greater choice and better protection for pensioners
2012-02-28 IPE: Asset managers unable to challenge insurers' dominance over pensions
2012-02-27 FN: Austerity threatens great EU pensions reform vision
2012-02-21 IPE: White Paper plans could threaten survival of workplace pensions – AEIP
2012-02-21 ICMA's AMIC Solvency II Working Group submits response to EIOPA Consultation Paper
2012-02-17 IPE: Industry associations divided on White Paper on pensions
2012-02-16 EFAMA welcomes Commission White Paper on Pensions
2012-02-16 FN: Deluge of opposition greets EU pensions proposals
2012-02-16 IMA says sustainability of national pension system is paramount
2012-02-16 EU sets out plans for adequate, safe and sustainable pensions
2012-02-16 IPE: EU countries lament 'fundamental' lack of detail in IORP consultation
2012-02-15 FRC: Actuarial standards for pension incentive exercises
2012-02-15 EVCA update on proposed reforms to European pension system
2012-02-15 NAPF comment: Damaging EU proposals remain on table despite threat to pensions and jobs
2012-02-13 IPE: Capital requirements 'disastrous' for pensions, growth, Commission warned
2012-02-13 NAPF, CBI and TUC voice concerns over EU Pensions Directive
2012-02-10 Barnier: Future European rules for pension funds
2012-02-10 IPE: Pension funds to enjoy temporary exemption from new derivatives rules
2012-02-09 IPE: Solvency II heel-dragging 'potentially harmful' to EU credibility
2012-02-07 EFRP warns against unexpected effects of FTT
2012-01-30 IPE: Pension funds at risk from onerous reporting, overregulation
2012-01-27 IPE: Czech pension reform to usher in new second pillar system
2012-01-27 IPE: UK local government pension funds should join forces
2012-01-24 IPE: EIOPA unveils timetable for 'holistic balance sheet' impact studies
2012-01-23 FN: Pension funds fear EU political snub
2012-01-20 Government consults on GMP equalisation - NAPF comment
2012-01-20 FN: Hintze warns of 'opposing' regulation
2012-01-18 IPE: Pensions expert calls for alternative to 'inflexible' IORP Directive
2012-01-16 FN: MEPs warn UK veto threatens pension talks
2012-01-13 IPE: IORP lacks 'substantial' guidance on addressing pension deficits – Mercer
2012-01-11 IPE: French fund considers cross-border vehicle, but only if IORP amended
2012-01-10 IPE: Poland contravening investment rules for pension funds
2012-01-09 IOPS published its 2011 Annual Report
2012-01-09 IPE: Hungarian government accuses pension funds of fraudulent practices
2012-01-09 FN: Anger erupts over 'vague' pension reforms
2012-01-04 ALFI's response to EIOPA's call for advice on the revision of the IORP Directive
2012-01-02 EVCA warns proposed new pension fund regulation could destroy investment in long-term growth

Prior Years Reports


Pension Funds - 201195 articles out of 95.

Pension Funds - 201013 articles out of 13.

Pension Funds - 200914 articles out of 14.

Pension Funds - 200833 articles out of 33.

Pension Funds - 200722 articles out of 22.

Pension Funds - 20062 articles out of 2.

Pension Funds - 200511 articles out of 11.

Pension Funds - 20041 articles out of 1.

Pension Funds - 200313 articles out of 13.

Pension Funds - 200239 articles out of 39.

Pension Funds - 200120 articles out of 20.

Pension Funds - 20004 articles out of 4.

Pension Funds - 19991 articles out of 1.


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