Pension market in Europe

[OneOverZero]

I am trying to find out how big the pension consulting markets are in European countries. Is there any survey or other information available that answers this in any way? I don't have a particular metric in mind, anything dealing with the abundance or size of plans or the consulting business would be helpful.

My most direct need at the moment is to find out how much pension consulting business there is in Germany as a whole, especially as compares to the U.K. (or even to the U.S. or Canada). Really, though, any information at all on the European market would be helpful to me.

Help would be greatly appreciated.

[Guerilla poster]

Originally Posted by OneOverZero

I am trying to find out how big the pension consulting markets are in European countries. Is there any survey or other information available that answers this in any way? I don't have a particular metric in mind, anything dealing with the abundance or size of plans or the consulting business would be helpful.

My most direct need at the moment is to find out how much pension consulting business there is in Germany as a whole, especially as compares to the U.K. (or even to the U.S. or Canada). Really, though, any information at all on the European market would be helpful to me.

Help would be greatly appreciated.

I would expect much less than the UK, as the plans in Germany are generally not funded and thus no Trustee type work which is good for the pension consulting business. Annual valuations need to be done but these are for tax purposes and of course for International accounting purposes.