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06JulJuly 6, 2026

Simplified asset manager sustainability reporting could hamper green investments

Asset manager reporting exemptions under the finalised ESRS could create a ‘significant blind spot’ for their sustainability performance Asset managers are the latest group to benefit from revisions to sustainability reporting requirements, as EU and UK regulators look to simplify disclosure frameworks. The European Commission has adopted its finalised sustainability reporting standards, which were revised under its first sustainability omnibus package. The new ESRS will reduce the number of mandatory data points by more than 60 per cent and the number of...

July 6, 2026

NewsClimate crisis, EU, Investment, Regulation, UK

29JunJune 29, 2026

Las jubilaciones privadas toman fuerza en Europa: las empresas podrán invertir en acciones para complementar las pensiones de sus empleados

El modelo de pensiones privadas está cerca de ver la luz en la Unión Europea, donde algunos de los Veintisiete afrontan problemas a corto, medio y largo plazo para cubrir las prestaciones de sus ciudadanos jubilados, así como para incorporar mano de obra al mercado laboral, creando un desbalance entre trabajadores contribuyentes y beneficiarios de pensiones. Este viernes, los embajadores de los Estados miembros alcanzaron una cuerdo para actualizar la normativa sobre los fondos de pensiones de empleo, con los que las empresas podrán complementar las...

June 29, 2026

NoticiasCobertura, EU

29JunJune 29, 2026

Brussels forces open Dutch pensions fortress – but will anyone enter?

The European Commission has persuaded the Netherlands to dismantle a long-standing barrier in one of Europe’s largest pension markets. In theory, the move could open access to more than €1.3 trillion in retirement assets. Yet in practice, the impact of this apparent victory for the EU single market may be very limited. In late May, Dutch Social Affairs Minister Hans Vijlbrief told parliament that the government would change pension legislation after the Commission concluded that current rules unfairly restrict EU...

June 29, 2026

NewsCoverage, EU, Pension design

24JunJune 24, 2026

Council agrees position on increasing the appeal of the pan-EU personal pension product (PEPP)

The Council reached today its negotiating position on a review of the pan-EU personal pension product (PEPP). The review seeks to make the PEPP a more attractive, accessible and simple option for savers. It will remove some existing requirements and design features that have hampered PEPP’s take-up, while continuing to ensure a high level of consumer protection. PEPP is an EU-wide voluntary personal pension product, established in 2019, that can complement existing public and occupational pension systems, as well as national private pension schemes. Strengthening...

June 24, 2026

NewsEU, Pension design

10AprApril 10, 2026

The Impact of Ageing on the Fiscal Sustainability of EU Health Care Systems: Projections and Policy Responses

By Boriana Goranova & Santiago Calvo Ramos This Economic Brief analyses the effects of the expected population ageing on the public expenditure on health care in the EU, discusses the different policy options and finally describes the activities in this field by the European Commission. Get the report here

April 10, 2026

Books, Books, Reports, System Sustainability2026, Aging, EU, Health Care, Public Policy, Taxation

01AprApril 1, 2026

EU finance faces growing risks from geopolitical pressures, watchdogs warn

European financial watchdogs have warned that the war in the Middle East and fast-growing private finance markets could increase risks for the EU financial system. The European Supervisory Authorities — the European Banking Authority (EBA), the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) — said geopolitical tensions could affect financial markets through higher energy prices, inflationary pressures and weaker economic growth, ESMA announced on Tuesday. They said they had previously warned about the...

April 1, 2026

NewsEU, Investment

09MarMarch 9, 2026

EU Gender Equality Progress Slowed by Persistent Pension Gap

According to a report from Euronews, full gender equality across the European Union remains a distant prospect, estimated to be at least five decades away. This outlook persists despite acknowledged advancements in women's representation in leadership and a narrowing pay gap. A primary area of concern is the disparity in pension benefits. Data from 2024 indicates that the average pension for women aged 65 and over in the EU was one quarter lower than that for men. This gap was...

March 9, 2026

NewsEU, Gender Gap

26FebFebruary 26, 2026

EU’s pension gender gap persists as women receive 24.5% less

Women aged 65 or over in the EU received pensions that were 24.5% lower on average than men in 2024. The biggest average pension gaps were recorded in Malta (40.3%), the Netherlands (36.3%) and Austria (35.6), Eurostat informed on Wednesday. The smallest gaps were in Estonia (5.6%), Slovakia (8.4%) and Hungary (9.6%). Alongside averages, the data also compares pensions using the median — the middle value in a range — which is less affected by a small number of very high or...

February 26, 2026

NewsEU, Gender Gap

17FebFebruary 17, 2026

EU looks to pensions and capital markets to unlock private funding for defence and tech

EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, 17 February 2026, are again returning to an old problem with new urgency: how to persuade Europeans to move more of their household savings out of bank deposits and into longer-term investment, and how to do so across borders in a fragmented financial system. The discussion sits under the European Commission’s “Savings and Investments Union” (SIU) banner, which is presented as the successor framework to the long-running Capital Markets Union project. In...

February 17, 2026

NewsEU, Investment

05DecDecember 5, 2025

Adequacy and Sustainability of Pensions

By Commission European Pensions are the main source of income for older people in Europe, coming mostly from 'pay-as-you-go' public schemes. Retired people drawing a pension are a significant and — due to demographic ageing — a growing part of the EU population (about 124 million, or a quarter of the total population1). European pension systems are facing the dual challenge of remaining financially sustainable and being able to provide Europeans with an adequate income in retirement. The key purpose of...

December 5, 2025

Adequacy, Books, Books, Reports2025, Adequacy, Aging, EU, System sustainability

July 2026

Simplified asset manager sustainability reporting could hamper green investments

June 2026

Las jubilaciones privadas toman fuerza en Europa: las empresas podrán invertir en acciones para complementar las pensiones de sus empleados

Brussels forces open Dutch pensions fortress – but will anyone enter?

Council agrees position on increasing the appeal of the pan-EU personal pension product (PEPP)

April 2026

The Impact of Ageing on the Fiscal Sustainability of EU Health Care Systems: Projections and Policy Responses

EU finance faces growing risks from geopolitical pressures, watchdogs warn

March 2026

EU Gender Equality Progress Slowed by Persistent Pension Gap

February 2026

EU’s pension gender gap persists as women receive 24.5% less

EU looks to pensions and capital markets to unlock private funding for defence and tech

December 2025

Adequacy and Sustainability of Pensions