- Danish pension company Sampension has entered into an agreement to buy 50 per cent of Holsted Solar Park P/S from European Energy.

The buyers are the pension companies within the Sampension management consortium. The sale includes 50 per cent of the operational Glejbjerg and Holsted solar farms in Vejen Municipality, Denmark and the planned battery energy storage system with a capacity of 87 MW/351 MWh. The transaction builds on the existing partnership between European Energy and Sampension, which already includes joint investments in Latvia and Greece. Completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory and third-party approvals and is expected in December 2026.

- Indecap has appealed against the Swedish Administrative Court's judgement of its legal challenge to the Swedish Fund Selection Agency’s (FTN) SEK 200bn procurement of actively managed global equity funds.

The appeal, submitted on 23 October, requested the Administrative Court of Appeal to grant leave to appeal and uphold the application for review. It also requested that the Administrative Court of Appeal issue an interim order prohibiting the FTN from entering into any contracts in connection with the procurement process until further notice. Following this, the Court of Appeal ruled that the FTN may not enter into any contracts in connection with the procurement process until otherwise determined. FTN's Selection Board has no information on how long the Administrative Court of Appeal's consideration of the application for leave to appeal will take and no timetable has been set for a result.

- The Association for Privately Administered Pensions in Romania (APAPR) has reported that more than one million Romanian savers have visited pilonul2.ro, its information portal about Romania’s Pillar II system, in the first 10 months of 2026.

The website helps people identify which fund manages their Pillar II pension and find out how much they have accumulated. Once they identify their pension administrator, they can access their individual account online to check their balance and contribution history. It’s available to all 8.5 million Romanians who contribute to Pillar II pensions. Currently, the contribution to Pillar II is 4.75 per cent of gross monthly income and forms part of the total 25 per cent social security contribution that employees pay. APAPR has also recently launched ‘Mr Pensionescu’, a virtual assistant based on artificial intelligence, which provides simple and accessible answers about how the private pension system works.

- Agirc-Arrco, the supplementary pension scheme for French employees in the private sector, has launched an online service that enables companies to check the balance of their Agirc-Arrco contributions and ensure they are paid correctly.

By using the service, named Cotisations, companies can check the status of their balance relating to Agirc-Arrco contributions in real time and free of charge. They can view details of transactions linked to their account and access online payment features. If necessary, they can also request specific support from an Agirc-Arrco adviser.

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