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The Dutch have taught us how to do CDC (we’ll learn from their mistakes!)
The Dutch experience is often cited as a good reason not to use CDC to improve pensions. LCP say it’s a good reason for us to go CDC by learning from their mistakes. In the second of two essays from … 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
Are the Dutch moving to CDC as we know it? A Dutchman comes to our table.
I’m really pleased Arun Muralidhar recommended Rogier Swierstra. Tomorrow (Tues) morning we will have a discussion on what has happened and will be happening in the Netherlands. Use this link to get to What have the Dutch ever done for … Continue reading
The Dutch Pension Reform WTP – Rogier Swierstra
Rogier Swierstra As long as I have been working in the Dutch pension system, it has been under discussion or reform. But now it’s for real! A monumental reform law (WTP stands for Wet Toekomst Pensioenen, the Future Pensions Law) … Continue reading
With Rogier Swierstra , are the Dutch moving to CDC as we know it?
I’m really pleased Arun Muralidhar recommended Rogier . Tomorrow (Tues) morning we will have a discussion on what has happened and will be happening in the Netherlands. Use this link to get to What have the Dutch ever done for us…a … Continue reading
Louise Farrand and Mark Austin around the world for DCIF
In Louise Farrand we have a communication superstar. This wrap up of every country’s pension system compared against each other through the DCIF podcast is well worth listening to. Mark Austin speaks with Louise through 45 minutes of adventures with … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, DCIF, Iceland, Louise Farrand, Mark Austin, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, USA
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Will the new inequalities of Dutch pension prove easier to stomach than the old ones?
The Dutch pension reforms will involve the transfer of all accrued and future DB pension rights to the new DC system, without the consent of the member. “It is by no means certain that each member will benefit” from this … Continue reading
The Netherlands have a new pension bed to rely on.
According to the Mercer Index of the world’s top rated pension systems, the Netherlands is ranked #2, with only mini-Iceland above it Mercer describe the Netherlands as having “a first-class and robust retirement income system that delivers good benefits, is … Continue reading
Lets stop kidding ourselves about pensions
Three things prompt me to write this article The work of Dr Iain Clacher and Con Keating into the unequal burden regulation places on the sponsors of defined benefit pension schemes The agreement between unions, Government and employers in the … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Con Keating, Iain Clacher, Netherlands, Pension Schemes Bill, pensions
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How defined is your benefit?
Today the Pension Institute, those “left-leaning losers” who shaped the Labour manifesto before the last election, will publish an uncompromising paper setting out the state of our defined benefit pensions, especially those supported by private sector “promises to pay”. … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Conditional Indexation, David Blake, dc, Debbie Harrison, defined benefit, Netherlands, Pension Insitute
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