Iceland's pension funds are up in arms at what are characterised as interrogations of pension fund board members. But the inquisitor-in-chief says the interviewees are treated to cake

As a new government investigation into IORPs regulation in Sweden gets underway, the sector anticipates its release from ‘legal limbo’

Denmark is implementing Solvency II-inspired capital requirements to fill the regulatory gap left by the directive's postponement. But Finanstilsynet's Jan Parner is not concerned about moving ahead too swiftly

Finland’s pension system is in good health, but pension companies should look to reduce administration costs and abandon their equity home bias, according to two foreign experts

Plummeting interest rates have sped up the inflows into alternative assets, but accurate valuations of illiquid portfolios may prove tricky

Norway’s banking law commission expects by Christmas to have finalised regulations on how existing pension rights should be transferred into the new products, according to Jan Otto Risebrobakken, who represents Storebrand on the commission’s working group.

A new regime that will transform Norway’s occupational pensions framework is on course to be implemented from the beginning of 2014

Finansinspektionen, Sweden’s financial supervisor, has introduced a temporary floor on the interest rate curve used to discount liabilities in order to alleviate the acute situation caused by historically low interest rates

Finland and Iceland may not be obliged to follow Solvency II, but Finland is drawing up Solvency II-like regulation for its pensions industry

Heightened political interest following a critical report and pressure to repatriate foreign assets threaten to undermine Iceland’s pension system