Wintershall Dea completes pension buyout with Funding Solutions Germany

Written by Sophie Smith

05/09/2025

German gas and oil producer Wintershall Dea GmbH has completed a pension buyout with Funding Solutions Germany, as part of its work to ensure sustainable management of its occupational pension scheme.

Funding Solutions Germany, which was selected as the partner for securing and managing the pension obligations through a structured selection process, assumed the pension obligations of Wintershall Dea GmbH in September 2025.

Following completion of the deal, the administration of the occupational pension plans (bAV) of former Wintershall Dea employees and those who will leave the company in the future will be secured on a long-term basis.

In addition to pension obligations, the corresponding assets used to finance these obligations were also transferred to Funding Solutions WDG Pensions GmbH, based in Walldorf (Baden-Württemberg).

This company was established exclusively for Wintershall Dea and is managed as a pension company by the Funding Solutions Pension Office.

Wintershall Dea Helaba Trust eV has been appointed as the external Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) trustee to safeguard the assets, while the corresponding capital investment will be implemented by a leading international investment company.

The latest deal means that Funding Solutions has now expanded its platform to a total of eleven pension companies with a total liability volume of over half a billion euros.

The group said it is also looking to further strengthen its position as a reliable partner in the area of ​​occupational pension provision.

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