Mission & Vision
The mobility of researchers is a driver of excellence in research. However, researchers face difficulties in preserving their pension benefits when moving.
RESAVER was born to create a single European pension plan with the support of the European Commission to offer a tailored defined contribution pension plan for research organisations and their employees.
RESAVER helps foster mobility, be more competitive to attract the best talent and create an attractive labour market for researchers.
RESAVER aims to be the option that goes beyond the local pension solutions and remains flexible for institutional customisation.
Discover how the Pension Fund is regulated and learn more about its numerous stakeholders
The role of the Daily Management Committee (DMC) is to take care of the daily operations of the Pension Fund.
The DMC is in charge of:
Carrying out all actions and taking all decisions with regards to the daily management of the RESAVER Pension Fund with the help of the Pension Fund Manager
Keeping the third-party service providers of RESAVER under close monitoring
Reporting about its activities to the Board of Directors
The General Assembly consists of all Member organisations of the RESAVER Pension Fund.
The role of the General Assembly is to supervise the operations or set the strategy for the Pension Fund by:
approving amendments of the bylaws
appointing the members of the Board of Directors and the Daily Management Committee
approving the annual accounts and the annual report of the Board of Directors to the General Assembly
deciding on the admission or exclusion of Member organisations
ratification of the Management Agreement between the RESAVER Pension Fund and the Member organisations and the Act of Accession
ratification of the pension plan rules, Financing Plan, Statement of Investment Principles and other Fund documents
appointing the statutory auditor
dissolution and voluntary liquidation of the Pension Fund
The Board of Directors is the executive body, elected by the General Assembly, responsible for the monitoring of a range of operational activities carried out by the RESAVER Pension Fund. In particular:
Determine the general policy of the RESAVER Pension Fund and set up operational bodies
Compliance with legal and statutory requirements
Approve internal policies of the Pension Fund
Appoint third-party service providers
General benefit design of a pension plan for each country
Annual accounts and budget
Grant reporting and management
Promotion and marketing activities
The countries where the Fund is already operational are:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Cyprus
- France
- Italy
- Hungary
- Netherlands
Implementation ongoing:
- Spain
- Czech Republic
The regulators for each country are:
Austria - Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA)
Belgium - L’Autorité des services et marchés financiers (FSMA)
Cyprus - Registrar of Funds for Occupational Retirement Benefit Funds (Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs)
Hungary - Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB)
Italy - Commissione di Vigilanza sui Fondi Pensione (COVIP)
The Netherlands - De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)
France - L’Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR)
Spain - Dirección General de Seguros y Fondos de Pensiones (DGSFP)
Czech Republic - Czech National Bank (CNB)