European Central Bank 51d ago

From pillars to portfolios: rethinking pensions for an entrepreneurial Europe Chair: Alexandra Jour-Schroeder, Deputy Director-General of DG FISMA, European Commission Panellists: • Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Member of the European Parliament (Renew Europe Group) • Geraldine Leegwater, CEO, PGGM Investment Management • Beate Petry, Head of Global Pensions & Benefits, BASF SE, and Chairwoman of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für betriebliche Altersversorgung e.V. (German pension association) • Patrick Hoedjes, Head of the Policy and Supervisory Convergence Department, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority • Tabea Bucher-Koenen, Professor of Finance, University of Mannheim, and Head of the Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets Research Unit, Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) The conference took place on 7 May 2026. See the conference programme here: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/260507-european-financial-integration.en.html Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Y49BF8mTQ&list=PLnVAEZuF9FZlLRLPr0lrYXqh4DcZfWRBT