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Belgium has joined the UK and other countries in rejecting plans to introduce Solvency II-style regulation for European schemes, raising the possibility the controversial proposals could be blocked.

European schemes expect governance demands to escalate and investment decisions to become increasingly complex over the next five years, according to research from State Street Global Services.

Plans to introduce holistic balance sheets as part of a planned overhaul of European pension regulation are unworkable, PensionsEurope says.

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has launched an assessment of how long-term guarantees work under Solvency II.

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has warned of a "worrying decrease" in the funding provisions within defined benefit schemes in the UK.

Solvency II-style capital requirements for schemes could cost employers £350bn, cut 180,000 jobs from the economy and reduce the value of pensions warns the Confederation of British Industry.

This week respondents trash proposals from Brussels, rally in support of the word pensions, and reject the idea of additional powers for the regulator.

The European Commission has not made the case for overhauling the European pensions directive and is avoiding the question of how this will affect the continent's economy, argues the National Association of Pension Funds.

Jack Jones analyses the attempts by EIOPA to diffuse tensions over the latest EC pensions directive.

European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority chairman Gabriel Bernardino has called for "trust" in the creation of the Institutes for Occupational Retirement Provision directive.