Country Analysis

As the UK puts a comprehensive set of pension reforms into motion, Helen Morrissey questions how prepared the industry will be to cope with the pace of change

Is politics getting in the way of a Swiss pension recovery? Emma Cusworth finds out

Switzerland's pension funds have so far refused to rebalance following the financial crisis. Emma Cusworth looks at the potential consequences

Rachel Alembakis finds that the formation of Australia's new government raises questions about the country's proposed pension overhaul

Ireland's pensions industry is struggling under a deluge of legislative changes and economic difficulties. Chris Panteli discovers the effect that this will have on de-risking

Swedish pension buffer funds have emerged as bellwethers of socially responsible investing, as Gill Wadsworth reports

Rodrigo Amaral asks whether Colombia's new government will continue with vital pension reforms

A lack of well-developed second pillar pension schemes across much of Africa is costing companies a chance to tap into the high-growth continent, Raquel Pichardo-Allison reports

Romania's private pension system has only been operational since 2007, but they have been an eventful three years, as Chris Panteli discovers

Romania's fledgling private pensions system was launched just as the scale of the global financial crisis became clear. Chris Panteli finds out how it has delivered under some of the tightest investment regulations in Europe