The assets under management of Austrian pension companies and corporate provision companies increased during the 3rd quarter of 2025. These are the findings of the Austrian Financial Market Authority’s (FMA) reports regarding their quarterly performance. The FMA is well prepared for the steps that are planned by the Federal Government in the year ahead for making company old-age provision more attractive.
Currently around 24% of non-self-employed in Austria have an entitlement to a benefit from a pension company. This figure has barely increased in recent years. In contrast, all employees pay into corporate provision companies under the “Abfertigung neu” severance scheme. The government has now decided to open up access to occupational retirement provision, by creating the possibility to transfer a credit balance from the “Abfertigung neu” to a pension company – known as a general pension company contract. Further additional steps for reform for pension and corporate provision companies are planned.
“We welcome the Federal Government’s plans for making company old-age provision more attractive,” commented FMA Executive Director Mariana Kühnel. “There is massive potential to be tapped in this field – for old-age provision and the Austrian capital market as a whole, as well as for all employees wishing to make additional plans for their retirement.” This year, the FMA has already bundled supervision of occupational retirement provision, and is now working on further steps to support the reforming of the second pillar of the pension system, added Kühnel.
During the third quarter the assets managed by pension companies increased by 3.5% quarter-on-quarter and stood at € 29.6 billion as the end of September 2025. The number of beneficiaries (entitled and recipients), stood at approximately 1.12 million – practically unchanged. The number of people receiving a pension benefit increased slightly to 157,417 or 14% of all entitled beneficiaries.
Assets managed by corporate provision companies increased by 4.2% quarter-on-quarter, to a new record level of €22.9 billion at the end of September 2025. The number of entitlements increased slightly to 11.37 million (including instances of multiple entitlements at different corporate provision companies, e.g. due to changing employers).
| Q3 2025 | Q2 2025 | Change q-o-q (%) | |
| Pension companies | |||
| Assets under management: | € 29.6 billion | € 28.6 billion | +3.5 % |
| Beneficiaries | 1.122 mn. | 1.120 mn. | +0.2 % |
| Investment performance | +3.32 % | -0.12 % | 9M: +2.42 % |
| Corporate provision companies | |||
| Assets under management: | € 22.9 billion | € 22.0 billion | +4.2 % |
| Entitlements (incl. multiple entitlements) | 11.37 mn. | 11.29 mn. | +0.7 % |
| Investment performance | +1.85 % | +0.73 % | 9M: +2.20 % |
The quarterly reports about pension companies and corporate provision companies can be downloaded from the FMA website (in German only).
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