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European retirement savings crisis ‘hiding in plain sight’


By Jack Gray

Europe is facing a retirement savings crisis that is "hiding in plain sight", with public pension systems unsustainable for the long term, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has warned.

The consultancy surveyed savers from France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, and found that 80 per cent of those with under €250,000 in assets did not feel prepared for retirement


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European pension funds are redefining resilience as geopolitical instability, climate risk and digital dependence reshape the landscape. Beyond funding and investment risk, regulators are now focused on operational vulnerabilities – from cyber threats to reliance on non‑European IT providers – raising new questions about the role of pensions as critical financial infrastructure. Ellie Carric reports

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Sweden’s pension balancing act

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Built for another era

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