From reform to resilience: rethinking liquidity in European pensions

Pension reform is reshaping the investment landscape across Europe, creating both urgency and opportunity for asset owners and managers to rethink how liquidity is sourced, structured and optimised. As regulatory change, demographic pressure and uneven public markets push pension schemes toward private assets, secondaries and longer‑dated strategies, the ability to access resilient, well‑governed liquidity has become a critical differentiator.

This panel will explore how pension reform is accelerating demand for innovative liquidity pathways—and how post‑trade infrastructure, market plumbing and platform innovation can help pension funds optimise liquidity without compromising long‑term outcomes. Bringing together leading perspectives from across the ecosystem, the discussion will examine how smarter liquidity design can support pension objectives, improve capital efficiency and unlock investment opportunity in a more complex market environment.