Natalie Tuck

Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands is to raise awareness of the pensions gender gap with a planned visit to care institution, Ipse de Bruggen.

Denmark's AP Pension has secured its largest contract to date with the addition of financial services firm, Nykredit, of which it is part owner.

The Dutch pension funds PME has committed €40m to an investment fund that invests in private companies with a circular business model, bringing its total allocation in this area to over €200m.

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), responsible for the investments of Norway's Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), has acquired an additional 10 per cent interest in a UK property.

“Almost all” German companies have switched to using a defined contribution occupational pension scheme for employees, according to WTW.

Icelandic pension funds are against being subjected to the same rules as banks and insurance firms, due to their “uniqueness” in that they have a social role in society.

Dutch financial institutions must “look beyond” the countries in which they are invested as they are “vulnerable” to geo-economic fragmentation through the value chains of the firms in which they invest, according to De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) director of monetary affairs and financial stability, Olaf Sleijpen.

“Key areas of development” have been identified to improve the Swedish pensions dashboard's retirement planning service.

A group of institutional investors is calling on the European Parliament to reject a proposed delay of the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) is “worried about hacks” on pension funds and other financial institutions, its economist, Maurice Doll, has said.