Sixty-nine percent of pension plans across Europe expect governments will take aggressive action to close the retirement savings gap in the next five years, according to a survey commissioned by State Street and conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Such measures would include compulsory saving mechanisms, such as the United Kingdom's auto-enrollment and new financial incentives to save.

Seventy-seven percent of European pensions are feeling optimistic that contribution rates will increase over the next five years.

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