New white paper

The new white paper 'Pensions in Europe – how multinational companies are preparing their pensions in Europe for the future' looks at what multinational companies see as the major issues facing them today with their pensions in Europe, examines what the companies are doing now and what they intend to do in the future.

Pension solutions

AEGON Global Pensions has developed pension solutions for multinational companies that are preparing their pensions in Europe for the future: cross-border asset pooling, the Pension Premium Institution for cross-border DC and instruments to reduce or remove investment risk, interest rate risk, inflation risk and longevity risk.

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What is in the white paper 'Pensions in Europe'?

  • Contains quotes and insights from leading multinational companies, international pension consultants, representatives of the European Commission and national supervisory bodies
  • Gives broad analysis of the current state of European pensions
  • Identifies four company categories on the basis of their approach to pensions, management style and company culture
  • Reveals how the parties involved view the future of European pensions
  • Provides guidelines on how to take advantage of pension opportunities in Europe

Webinar on 1 December 2011

On 1 December 2011, AEGON Global Pensions organised a one-hour online briefing ('webinar') for people who received the white paper 'Pensions in Europe - how multinational companies are preparing their pensions in Europe for the future'.

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AEGON Quotes

  • ‘We require sustainable pensions – and that means pensions where we are not required to make additional payments.’
  • 'I think the most important driver for a pan-European pension plan is to gain more control.'
  • ‘With cross-border IORPs, it’s not that companies aren’t interested but there is a gap between theory and practice.’
  • ´Increasing legislation made DB pension plans more and more of a pain… the volatility on the balance sheets, the funding, it creates too much hazard for companies.’
  • 'It makes sense to adopt a phased approach to introducing pan-European pensions...'