Tag Archives: Dutch
Performance evaluation for WTP (the Dutch pensions law)
Rogier Swierstra describes this blog as “A bonus post for English-language readers, but still largely incomprehensible”. You can find it in its original here. I thank him for his heroic modesty and have changed the title as most people don’t … Continue reading
Why we and the Dutch shouldn’t confuse pensions with pension balances!
I am trying to get a grip on UK pension reform by looking at what the Dutch are making of their “WTP”. The Future Pensions Act (Dutch: Wet toekomst pensioenen, abbreviated Wtp) is an amendment to welfare law in the Netherlands. This law revises the Dutch pension system and amends … Continue reading
The American view of Dutch Pensions – tickled!
January 2026 , Collective defined Contribution CDC, International Today’s financial Goldilocks moment—with strong equity returns and robust fixed income yields—creates favorable conditions for the Netherlands to complete its long-planned switch from traditional private defined benefit plans to ‘collective defined contribution. ‘You can almost … Continue reading
The Dutch pension system is about to get even better, (so is ours)
The Dutch are enjoying the last day of their old system and from tomorrow will be transitioning to a new pension system. The new pension system will define the contributions workers will get at a rate agreed to buy pension … Continue reading
How the New Dutch Pension System Really Works (Russ Oxley)
A conceptual guide to the pension product that the Dutch are moving to from next year from Ross Oxley. I have been trying to get a range of views because today (Tuesday 18th) we are getting a Dutch financial analyst … Continue reading
Dutch and British pensions – step towards growing economies
The publication in question is actually about Dutch relaxation of guarantees on benefits allowing pension schemes to invest more adventurously. Mary McDougall may not yet be ready to follow her predecessor, Jo Cumbo, who has no time for replacing safeguards … Continue reading
“No need for CDC to ape the Dutch” – quips Con Keating.
This is a review of: The Legal Differences between CIDC and CDC by Prof. dr. Hans van Meerten and Elmar Schmidt, February 2018. It takes the form of a line by line commentary (in red) on the verbatim text of … Continue reading
Doing something useful with our money
Pension Funds like bonds, they provide a regular income stream and some bonds pay income for twenty years or more, a bit like lending money as a mortgage. Which begs the question “why don’t pension funds lend money as mortgages?”. … Continue reading
Jeroen Wilbrink has solved the Pension Crisis – but is anyone listening?
There’s no doubting Jeroen’s brilliance – here he goes off on one; two questions – is anyone listening ….and is he bonkers? Yes, I have resolved the pension crisis. And thank you LinkedIn, for providing me with the … Continue reading
Don’t you -forget about DB – guest blog from the TUC
This blog is written by Tim Sharp of the TUC, thanks to Hilary Salt for pointing it out and for Tim and the TUC for allowing us to republish it! It is easy to overlook defined benefit (DB) pension schemes … Continue reading
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