A lack of European integration is keeping the markets closed off and, as a result, opportunities for growth and improvement in the Dutch and European pension and labour markets are not being sufficiently harnessed. We see developments that are laying the foundations for what we would like to...

This contribution will especially address the EC's general policy in respect of the IORP II Proposal, also in connection with general more recent EU law developments, and its consequences for the pension systems of the EU Member States, with a focus on the occupational pension system of the...

This document ‘The Pension Challenge' provides insight in the components of ‘pensions' separately from the pension systems in the different EU member states. In this document we will describe the six components from which each pension is constructed: Legislation and Supervision, Pension...

This discussion paper explores how EU law affects national pensions systems, be it directly (by regulating pensions explicitly) or indirectly (by providing a regulatory framework that must be respected in the field of pensions as well as in other fields). Moreover, the focus will be on some...

Pensions are currently at the top of the agenda of companies, employees, pension carriers, governments and, last but not least, the European Commission. This is partly because of the economic crisis pension funds are in right now but also because of the aging population and the impact on public...

As a result of the pension reform, 2,000 billion euros of assets must be 'converted' into the new system. According to professor of European pension law and lawyer Hans van Meerten, this leads to insurmountable legal problems and the responsible Minister of Social Affairs must look for alternatives

Worldwide we see a move to DC schemes. Most – if not all countries – choose the operate DB next to DC.However, in The Netherlands, the legislator choose for so-called conversion: transforming 'old' DB- to 'new' DC.In 2011, the Dutch legislator introduced the so called 'Pension Custodian'. It...

The turmoil in the fi nancial markets also has consequences for pension institutions. Evidently, many pension funds have lost a great deal of their assets. Another consequence is less often highlighted: the impact of the crisis on the (cross-border) activity of Institutions for Occupational...