Pensions in France Report
In-depth reporting and analysis of the pensions sector in France for our pension fund and asset management readers from IPE’s award-winning journalists.
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Country ReportUnderstanding France’s new second-pillar regime
IORPs have now taken root in France as providers have shifted from the previous insurance-based regime, but allocations to fixed income remain high
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Country ReportFrench workplace pensions grow as reform controversy recedes
Macron’s controversial pension reforms look likely to survive, at least for now, and despite the political turmoil of the recent elections
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Country ReportChanging of the guard at France's buffer fund FRR
Fonds de réserve pour les retraites has had a management and investment refresh
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Country ReportFrance’s new pension product smashes through target
Assets managed by PER supplementary pension products could reach €200bn by 2026
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Country ReportNew pension rules set to transform France
After much opposition, profound changes to the retirement system take effect this month
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Country ReportPensions in France - IPE Country Report
Fierce opposition from trade unions and a large part of the political spectrum did not manage to stop Emmanuel Macron’s plan to reform the French pension system. The new framework kicks in this month, and the long-term sustainability of public pensions is secure. However, French workers will have to work longer into their lives, and their standard of living will decline.
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Country ReportFrance moves ahead with innovative climate reporting rules
A new French law could compel companies to disclose their climate plans
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Country ReportFrance: First-pillar pension reform faces impasse
The French state faces growing expenditure on pension but attempts to reform the system have stalled
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Country ReportFrance: Third-pillar pensions and sustainability take centre stage
Clémence Droin, senior engagement manager at Indefi, talks to IPE about the two main areas of focus for the French institutional investment community lack of a regulatory push from pension reforms
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Country ReportFrance: The biodiversity reporting enigma
France’s financial institutions must report on biodiversity impacts but face a lack of corporate data push from pension reforms
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in France (October) 2022
The French pension system is in good health with a first-pillar pay-as-you-go system in surplus. But long-term forecasts are cause for concern, showing that the French state will have to raise expenditure on pensions from the current 13% to nearly 15% of GDP to maintain the system.
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Country ReportResearch: The French experience
Outsourcing to third-party managers and the push towards defined contribution pensions were key themes in a year made difficult by the COVID-19 pandemic
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Country ReportFRPS: Awaiting lift off
France’s new form of supplementary pension fund is only gaining traction slowly
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Country ReportIrcantec: High ESG ambitions
Ircantec’s latest four-year plan has a strong emphasis on social responsibility
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in France (October 2021)
President Macron’s pension reforms were pretty much shredded by the pandemic. Asset managers and policymakers had been hoping that a successful reform programme would channel savings into supplementary pension vehicles like the FRPS. Instead, progress has been very slow indeed. We also profile the public sector scheme Ircantec and highlight Indefi’s latest research on the French institutional market.
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Country ReportFrance: U-turn for FRR
COVID-19 has put paid to the FRR pension reserve fund’s planned transition to a new status and investment model
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Country ReportFrance: Steady workplace demand
New occupational pension savings plans are taking root, despite the lack of a regulatory push from pension reforms
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Country ReportFrance: Institutional market barometer
A snapshot of France’s institutional investment landscape as seen through the lens of Indefi’s latest survey
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Country ReportSystem reform: A hot political plot
Pension reforms have reached a second stage as President Macron seeks to push through radical changes
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Country ReportPension regimes: The second pillar evolves
The second-pillar pension regime for private sector employees, AGIRC-ARRCO, is entering a new phase of its development
