Olaf Boschman
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Freelance Journalist at Investment & Pensions Europe
Freelance journalist en tekstschrijver
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Oct 29, 2024 |
ipe.com | Olaf Boschman
The Dutch Pension Federation has described plans by pensions supervisor DNB to compel pension funds to report annually on CO2 reduction as “unclear” and not corresponding to practice”. “The current proposal completely misses its target,” the Federation said in its response to the DNB proposals, which was put out for consultation in mid-September. DNB wants pension funds to report annually on the extent to which their CO2 reduction is in line with their reduction target.
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Oct 8, 2024 |
ipe.com | Olaf Boschman
In a vote on Tuesday, the Dutch Lower House approved the revised law introducing the option of a 10% lump sum payment that can be taken upon retirement. The introduction of the law will, however, probably be postponed once more, to 1 January 2026. Parliament’s lower chamber had voted unanimously in favour of the possibility of lump sum withdrawals in late 2020.
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May 16, 2024 |
ipe.com | Olaf Boschman
The prospective new Dutch government – formed by the far-right PVV and centre-right VVD, NSC and BBB – will leave the new Dutch Pension Act, which came into force last year, untouched. The new law mandates pension funds to move existing pensions from a defined benefit (DB) offering to a defined contribution (DC) system.
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Dec 22, 2023 |
ipe.com | Olaf Boschman |Maarten van Wijk
If a vote was cast against a transition from defined benefit (DB) pensions to a defined contribution (DC) system, this would force social partners to go back to the drawing board, pensions minister Carola Schouten has warned in a letter to parliament.
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Nov 24, 2023 |
ipe.com | Maarten van Wijk |Olaf Boschman
Dutch pension minister Carola Schouten has urged the pension sector to continue implementing the new defined contribution (DC) pension system despite a slim majority of the newly elected Dutch parliament being opposed to the new pension law in its current form. The comfortable parliamentary majority for the switch from a defined benefit (DB) to a DC system evaporated on Wednesday following the landslide victory of the far-right Freedom Party (PVV).
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Over amendement van NSC en BBB om deelnemers inspraak te geven bij invaren, via referendum dan wel via individueel bezwaarrecht: De Raad van State 'heeft ernstige bezwaren tegen het amendement en adviseert de regering het amendement te ontraden'. https://t.co/fhF0hhdVpp
Pensioenfondsen mogen alleen invaren als een meerderheid van actieven, slapers en gepensioneerden hiermee instemt. Voor geldige goedkeuring moet minimaal 30% deelnemers een stem uitbrengen, willen NSC en BBB. https://t.co/CD7k1VNySY
Gepensioneerde loods krijgt geen twee maanden uitstel van het invaren. De belangen van zijn pensioenfonds wegen zwaarder dan de belangen van de loods, aldus de rechter, die aannemelijk acht dat uitstel voor het fonds tot aanzienlijke kosten leidt. https://t.co/T0vyIbmbmu
