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Features
'Strengthen system', IMF tells Dutch
The International Monetary Fund says a strengthening of the Dutch pension system is needed to protect the solvency of occupational pension funds. It adds that the planned merger of regulatory bodies will bolster the supervision of the big, dominant pensions conglomerates. In a recent report on the Netherlands, the IMF ...
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No longer running like clockwork
Like the country itself, the Swiss pension system has in the past been perceived as independent, prosperous and relatively unaffected by the vagaries of the outside world. This impression, however, has been challenged in recent years by the prolonged fall in stock markets and the dramatic effect this has had ...
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Insurers' moves harsh wake-up call for Swiss pensions
For the second year in a row, Swiss pension plan members are being jolted from their easy-chairs by the impact of the bear market of the last three years. Eyebrows had already raised around the Cantons and beyond last year when the Swiss authorities cut the minimum income guarantee for ...
