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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.

Pension Funds - 201858 articles out of 58.

Pension Funds - 201779 articles out of 79.

2016 Pension Funds
2016-12-23 Investment & Pensions Europe: German government ignores industry in revised pensions reform draft
2016-12-22 Investment & Pensions Europe: UK government consults on rule simplifications for DC transfers
2016-12-21 Investment & Pensions Europe: Politicians call for sweeping new powers for UK regulator
2016-12-21 Pension funds granted further one-year exemption from central clearing requirements
2016-12-16 Investment & Pensions Europe: France promulgates law paving way for pension fund vehicles
2016-12-13 Investment & Pensions Europe: Industry experts call for consolidation in UK pension system
2016-12-09 PensionsEurope position paper on the EC's code of Conduct for relief-at-source from the withholding tax procedures
2016-12-08 Occupational pension funds: Council adopts new rules
2016-12-06 Investment & Pensions Europe: Defined benefit schemes generate 20% better outcomes than DC
2016-12-06 PRI: More robust regulation needed to move ESG forward says new PRI guide
2016-12-05 OECD: Design of funded private pensions needs to be improved
2016-12-02 TPR publishes new quick integrated risk management guide for smaller schemes
2016-12-01 Investment & Pensions Europe: Asset managers 'relative beneficiaries' of poor scheme governance
2016-11-29 Investment & Pensions Europe: French asset managers put pan-European personal pensions at heart of promotional drive
2016-11-29 Investment & Pensions Europe: Tobin tax would hurt Belgian cross-border IORP appeal – PensioPlus
2016-11-18 Investment & Pensions Europe: Pensions industry underestimating threat of cybercrime, experts warn
2016-11-16 ESMA responds to Commission’s consultation on potential EU personal pension framework
2016-11-11 Investment & Pensions Europe: Belgian pension fund association decries government's workplace plan
2016-11-10 Investment & Pensions Europe: Company pension funds show support for German reform proposal
2016-11-08 Investment & Pensions Europe: ERAFP, SSGA pension-fund rescue plan calls for repos with ECB
2016-11-03 Investment & Pensions Europe: Draft of German pension reform proposes plans without guarantees
2016-11-03 Investment & Pensions Europe: Dutch Pensions Federation softens position on pan-European pensions
2016-11-03 Invest Europe launches new guide for pension funds on private equity and venture capital investment
2016-10-27 IPE: EIOPA investment-statement review raises harmonisation concerns
2016-10-27 Investment & Pensions Europe: Dutch pensions sector warns of IORP II impact on uniform statements
2016-10-21 EIOPA publishes its peer review on the statement of investment policy principles for IORPs
2016-10-21 Investment & Pensions Europe: Brexit could derail cross-border pensions, resurrect HBS, experts warn
2016-10-11 Investment & Pensions Europe: UK Pensions Regulator calls for power to veto corporate actions
2016-10-06 Investment & Pensions Europe: EC drops pension fund concentration limit from final EMIR rules
2016-10-06 Investment & Pensions Europe: Low rates 'eroding viability' of pension fund business models, says IMF
2016-10-04 IPE: PensionsEurope defends financial-stability role of pension funds
2016-10-03 Invest Europe launches new guide for pension funds on private equity and venture capital investment
2016-09-15 PensionsEurope calls for EIOPA to respect the modernised rules for pension funds
2016-09-12 Investment & Pensions Europe: European supervisors reject clearing changes over lack of evidence
2016-09-07 IPE: Major European pension investors commit to UN development goals
2016-08-18 IPE:German pension association fears EIOPA back door IORP II move
2016-08-08 IPE: UK lawmakers to review powers given to Pensions Regulator
2016-08-03 IPE: PensionsEurope warns of unintended consequences of bank capital rules
2016-08-02 IPE: EC heeds pension concerns on EMIR sovereign-bond collateral rule
2016-07-28 PensionsEurope answers to European Commission’s consultation on the Net Stable Funding Ratio
2016-07-15 IPE: UK pensions regulator seeks to calm trustees over Brexit volatility
2016-07-06 EIOPA advises on the development of an EU single market for personal pension products
2016-07-05 IPE: Insurance Europe criticises IORP II changes to cross-border funding
2016-07-04 Insurance Europe: Comment on IORP II trialogue agreement
2016-07-01 PensionsEurope welcomes the modernised rules for pension funds
2016-07-01 Investment & Pensions Europe: PensionsEurope lauds flexibility, principles-based nature of IORP II
2016-06-30 Occupational pension funds: Council confirms agreement with EP
2016-06-30 ESMA issues opinions on Danish pension scheme to be exempt from central clearing under EMIR
2016-06-24 Investment & Pensions Europe: IORP II compromises on cross-border funding, requires stranded-asset check
2016-06-23 Investment & Pensions Europe: 'I understand', Commissioner Hill tells pension funds on EMIR concerns
2016-06-23 Janwillem Bouma makes policy recommendations to make pensions work at PensionsEurope 2016 Conference
2016-06-22 Investment & Pensions Europe: IORP II negotiators to make renewed attempt at deal next week
2016-06-21 Investment & Pensions Europe: EIOPA repeats call for supervisory follow-up to IORP stress test
2016-06-18 Eurogroup statement on common principles for strengthening pension sustainability
2016-06-10 IPE: Divergent mortality trends complicate market solution for longevity risk
2016-06-05 Financial Times: Pensions’ fiduciary management plagued by conflicts of interest
2016-06-02 IPE: IORP trialogue yet to resolve numerous issues
2016-05-13 PensionEurope response to EIOPA advice on the development of a PPP single market
2016-05-12 IPE: ECB planning to collect data from European pension funds
2016-04-27 EIOPA: Final Report on the public consultation on a Pan-European Personal Pension product
2016-04-25 IPE: European personal pensions market a CMU priority
2016-04-18 IPE: Largest Swedish pension providers call for break from Solvency II
2016-04-14 EIOPA recommends to enhance risk assessment and transparency of pension funds
2016-04-13 ESMA issues opinions on DK pension schemes to be exempt from central clearing under EMIR
2016-04-12 PEGCC: Private equity returns far exceed declining market returns on multiple time horizons
2016-03-18 IPE: Pension fund regulations must change
2016-03-16 IPE: UK government accused of pension tax overhaul 'via back door'
2016-03-09 IPE: Negative rates here to stay despite strain on pensions
2016-03-08 IPE: Commission mulls whether to continue developing personal pension product
2016-03-02 IPE: Germany's ABA sides with European Council on IORP II risk evaluation
2016-03-01 IPE: Stress test results could undermine trust
2016-03-01 PensionsEurope: EIOPA’s stress test results show that the holistic balance sheet methodology does not work
2016-02-25 Insurance Europe: IORP II trialogues offer opportunity to safeguard members and beneficiaries
2016-02-19 IPE: Pension industry, EU governments warn over 'inferior' FTT proposals
2016-02-10 IPE: FRC to 'expedite' pension fund accounting-disclosure changes
2016-02-02 IPE: Green MEP alarmed by results of EIOPA pension fund stress tests
2016-02-02 ESMA issues opinions on UK pension schemes to be exempt from central clearing under EMIR
2016-02-02 InsuranceEurope: Comment on EIOPA's advice on the development of a pan-European pension product
2016-02-01 EIOPA consults on the development of an EU Single Market for personal pension products
2016-01-28 Report on the proposal for a directive of the Parliament and of the Council on the activities and supervision of IORPs
2016-01-26 Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association comments on EIOPA’s Pension Stress Test Results
2016-01-26 IPE: Bernardino - Stress tests reveal important insight into vulnerability
2016-01-26 Pensions Europe: ECON Committee in favour of a more practicable, proportionate and less prescriptive IORP II proposal
2016-01-26 IPE: European Parliament agrees practicable, proportionate IORP draft
2016-01-26 EIOPA: Results of the first EU stress test for occupational pensions
2016-01-26 PensionsEurope advises to be very cautious with the interpretation of EIOPA’s IORP stress test results
2016-01-11 IPE: Dutch Pensions Federation calls for alternative to DB system
2016-01-11 OECD: Annual Survey of Investment Regulation of Pension Funds
2016-01-05 IPE: Dutch pensions industry challenges EIOPA approach to stress tests

Prior Years Reports


Pension Funds - 201576 articles out of 76.

Pension Funds - 201468 articles out of 68.

Pension Funds - 2013177 articles out of 177.

Pension Funds - 2012187 articles out of 187.

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.