EU policymakers have stopped describing schemes as "financial institutions" and left more powers with member states in the latest draft of its Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provisions (IORP II) directive.
The amendments acknowledge more explicitly the "social purpose" of pension funds. They also move some responsibilities for risk assessment frameworks proposed for the European Insurance and Occupat...
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