Pension funds should not face the ‘exact same rules' as insurance companies under Solvency II but must be open to change, European Commissioner Michel Barnier says.
At a Brussels summit on the IORP directive, the commissioner dismissed claims Solvency II will cost businesses €800bn (£668bn) and bring about the demise of defined benefit provision. He said: "...
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