- AP Pension has partnered with headspace Denmark to help strengthen children's mental health with improved early intervention.

The collaboration will have a specific focus on providing support for parents and families as a whole, and is in line with both organisations' commitment to ABC for Mental Health, a research-based effort and partnership driven by the University of Copenhagen, which works on health promotion, prevention and early intervention. AP Pension said that, as a pension company with more than 550,000 customers, it sees it as an important task to contribute to solutions to the major societal challenges, highlighting dissatisfaction among children and young people as "precisely such a challenge". "Too many children are not thriving today, and we would like to take responsibility where we have contact with the Danes – namely, the parents. Together with headspace Denmark, we can strengthen early intervention and help the entire family. We believe that children and young people who are not thriving can have a better everyday life if we stand together to strengthen the family and support the parents", AP Pension health director, Marlene Øhrberg Krag, said.

- Irish pension funding levels improved further in September, analysis from LCP has found, as European equity gains were supported by easing trade tensions, softer inflation concerns, and expectations of further rate cuts.

LCP's latest investment update showed that while global markets remained volatile over the quarter, investor sentiment was supported by strong corporate earnings and signs of easing inflation. US equity markets also maintained positive momentum in September, and European yields edged higher, while emerging markets outperformed global peers. Annuity prices also experienced a fall as bond prices fell. This meant that the funding level of LCP's sample defined benefit (DB) scheme increased during the month to around 106 per cent as assets outperformed liabilities. In addition to this, the high risk, medium risk and pension purchase defined contribution (DC) strategies all posted positive returns over the month.

- Danish pension provider PFA has continued to deliver positive returns despite volatility seen earlier this year.

Building on the recent news that the provider had bounced back from the worst of the recent trade policy turmoil to record solid returns, PFA has now highlighted further improvements, after shares made a strong comeback. The group's latest update revealed that this has given a "good boost" to the PFA's return, with a typical customer with medium risk enjoying a return of 7 per cent since the start of the year. This marks three years in a row with positive returns, which has increased savings by 40 per cent for the same customer.

- Finnish earnings-related pension provider Varma has joined the real estate sector's joint energy efficiency 2026-2035 agreement.

The agreement covers all apartments and business premises directly owned by Varma, where Varma has maintenance responsibility, requiring the group to commit to improving the energy efficiency of its operations by the end of 2035. This builds on the previous real estate sector energy efficiency agreement, which Varma was also involved in and achieved its target for. "Improving energy efficiency is one of our most essential sustainability goals, and we believe it will have a positive impact on costs, climate impacts, and the profile and attractiveness of the property," Varma residential investment manager, Sarianna Sipola, said.

- Finnish earnings-related pension provider Ilmarinen and the Finnish Federation of Elderly Care have awarded the Senior Citizen of the Year to IkiOma LuontoLoikka, developed by IkiOma Ikä ry.

The winning project was designed to bring natural experiences within the reach of all older people – regardless of their functional capacity, health and place of residence. The award, now in its eighteenth year, aims to support the development of methods for working with the elderly, raise the profile of working with the elderly, and promote the well-being of the elderly.

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