EIOPA Risk Dashboard for Occupational Pension Funds: Persistent Market Risks Amid Geopolitical Uncertainty
EIOPA published its July 2026 Risk Dashboard for institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs), highlighting persistent market risks and a worsening 12-month outlook amid geopolitical uncertainty and elevated inflation expectations. The sector remains resilient, but cyber and digitalisation risks are rising, requiring close monitoring by IORPs and supervisors.
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EIOPA appoints Stavros Konstantas to Management Board
EIOPA's Board of Supervisors has elected Stavros Konstantas, Director of Occupational and Private Insurance Supervision at the Bank of Greece, to EIOPA's Management Board for a two-and-a-half-year term. He succeeds Ante Žigman, who left the position after becoming Governor of the Croatian National Bank. The appointment took effect on 13 August 2026.
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ESAs Propose Simplified Bilateral Margin Rules for Sub-€8bn Counterparties
The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA) published a final report on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2251 on bilateral margin requirements. The proposal removes initial margin exchange obligations for both new and existing uncleared OTC derivative contracts for counterparties below the €8 billion threshold. The RTS have been submitted to the European Commission for endorsement.
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