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13.2.2025 News

Navigating Pension Reforms – Insights from Recent Research

The first ETK Pension Research Forum delves into pension reforms, their impact and the issues that need to be addressed in future reforms. Welcome to the webinar on Monday 17 March 2025 at 13:00–15:00 (CET). The webinar is in English.

10.2.2025 Press releases

Effective retirement age continues to rise rapidly

Finnish people extend their working lives faster than estimated. In 2024, people retired on an earnings-related pension at an average age of 63.1 years. The target set for 2025 has already been reached and passed by more than half a year.

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8.11.2024 Väänänen Niko

Pension reform recommendations in the EU socioeconomic governance

Demographic ageing has sparked the European Commission to recommend countries to introduce pension reforms. In our article ‘Financial sustainability above all else?’, we analyse the recommendations given in the framework of EU socioeconomic governance between 2011 to 2023. How well do these recommendations match the objectives set by the Social Protection Committee in the Open Method of Coordination (OMC)?

21.10.2024 Väänänen Niko

Surplus of Finnish Pension Institutions and the Commission’s Debt Calculation – What Happened?

The financing of Finland's statutory pensions is unique because part of the pension contribution is funded. In the national accounts, the surplus of Finland's pension institutions is considered in the financial balance of public entities. The surplus of pension institutions reduces the deficit of public entities. The European Commission recently changed its long-term debt calculations, and the surplus of pension institutions is no longer assumed to reduce public indebtedness. What is this all about?

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Themes

Reforming earnings-related pensions

The Finnish Government and labour market organisations reflect on measures to reform the Finnish earnings-related pension scheme. The reform and the suggested measures are prepared in two working groups consisting of representatives of the social partners, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and the Ministry of Finance. We have compiled data on the themes relating to the pension reform. The website 2025 Pension reform contains information on, for example, the pension reform working groups.

News and press releases

13.2.2025 News

Navigating Pension Reforms – Insights from Recent Research

10.2.2025 Press releases

Effective retirement age continues to rise rapidly

6.2.2025 News

More and more Finns are choosing to work in Spain

3.2.2025 News

30 years of EU Membership celebrated at MoveS seminar at the Finnish Centre for Pension 

31.1.2025 News

The ABCs of earnings-related pensions – the most relevant information about pensions

On pensions elsewhere

14.2.2025 Telp.fi

Kelalle oikeus poiketa tietyissä tilanteissa YEL-työtulosta yleisen asumistuen yhteydessä

12.2.2025 Telp.fi

Työeläkemaksujen aikasarjoihin lisätty tietoa kokonaisrahoituksesta

10.2.2025 Telp.fi

Opi työeläkealan perusteet päivässä

7.2.2025 Telp.fi

Espanja lisännyt suosiotaan suomalaisten työskentelymaana

6.2.2025 Telp.fi

30 vuotta Suomen EU-jäsenyyttä ja vapaata liikkuvuutta – Eurooppalainen MoveS-verkosto kokoontui Eläketurvakeskuksessa

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