EU Pension Reform: BETTER FINANCE Welcomes Improvement But Warns Savers Still Lack Power, Transparency, and Fair Returns
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the European Commission’s new “Supplementary Pensions Package”, which includes proposed reforms to occupational pensions (IORP II), the Pan-European Personal Pension (PEPP), and new recommendations on pension tracking ...
BETTER FINANCE’s Key Positions on the Commission’s Proposals on Supplementary Pensions
BETTER FINANCE warmly welcomes the European Commission’s legislative proposals amending the EU’s framework on supplementary pensions—the IORP II Directive and the PEPP Regulation—as well as the set of recommendations it ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to Commission’s Legislative Proposal on PEPP
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the Commission’s proposals to amend the Regulation on a Pan-European Personal Pension (PEPP) product. As longtime supporters of the PEPP, we are pleased to see that the Commission remains committed to ensuring that a simple, cost-efficient ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to Commission’s Legislative Proposal on IORPs
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the Commission’s proposed amendments to the IORP II framework. Occupational pension schemes hold great potential to improve European citizens’ retirement income as well as to deepen the EU’s capital markets, ...
Consultation Response on Draft Revised Guidelines on Reporting and Public Disclosure – Solvency II Review
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published a Consultation Paper on the revised Guidelines on reporting and public disclosure. The proposals aim to keep the Guidelines fit for ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to EIOPA’s Call for Advice on Minimum Harmonisation of IGS in the EU
The European Commission sent the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) a Call for Advice on the possible minimum harmonisation of Insurance Guarantee Schemes (IGS) in the European Union ...
Strong Markets, Weak Pensions: The Real State of European Pensions
BETTER FINANCE publishes the 2025 edition of “Will You Afford to Retire?” revealing persistent structural challenges in long-term and pension savings across Europe. Despite a second strong year, European pension ...
Will you afford to retire? | The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings | 2025 Edition
Mind the Pension Gap: EU Stakeholders Call for More Adequate and Inclusive Supplementary Pensions
BETTER FINANCE and the CFA Institute yesterday concluded the conference “Mind the Pension Gap: Delivering Adequate, Inclusive & Portable Pensions in the Current EU Cycle”, kindly hosted by MEP Stéphanie ...
BETTER FINANCE Welcomes Reforms to the Pan-European Personal Pension Product, but Cautions “the Devil is in the Detail”
The European Commission’s proposed reforms to the Pan-European Personal Pension product (PEPP) could make retirement savings simpler, more transparent, and potentially more cost-efficient for millions of Europeans — but BETTER FINANCE warns that “the ...
