The Handelsblatt Jahrestagung Betriebliche Altersversorgung 2026 runs at the Berlin Marriott Hotel from the ninth to the eleventh of November. The year is 2026. It is organised by Euroforum Deutschland and is the longest of the Handelsblatt annual conferences in this series, spanning three days.
The programme covers the German occupational pension system in full: the legal framework for company pension promises, the investment of pension assets, the accounting treatment of pension liabilities, and the supervisory expectations that apply to pension institutions. The social partner model and the long running debate about strengthening the second pillar of German retirement provision sit at the centre of it.
The event matters to executives because occupational pension obligations are among the largest and longest dated liabilities on a German corporate balance sheet, and because the discount rate applied to them moves reported equity by amounts that dwarf most operating decisions. Heads of pensions, chief financial officers, trustees of pension institutions and the asset managers, actuaries and lawyers who advise them attend.
Berlin is where the legislative and supervisory decisions that govern the system are taken, which is why the industry meets there rather than in Frankfurt.
The conference is listed on the organiser's own programme with the venue confirmed and booking open.
