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June 2024

Protection of EU Consumers Vis – À – Vis Pension Products: the Dutch Case: Towards a New Regime

By Hans van Meerten The book is an extensive examination of the intersection between EU consumer protection laws and the Dutch pension system, particularly in light of the transition to a new pension regime. It contains lessons for a new EU consumer regime vs pension products. The Dutch reform is taken a a case study. The document advocates for a comprehensive review of the Dutch pension system and its alignment with EU consumer protection laws. It suggests that while the Dutch pension...

April 2018

Dutch pensioners at little risk of poverty as income and assets grow

Today’s pensioners have more disposable income than in the past and their assets have increased due to soaring house prices, according to research carried out by the finance ministry for Christian Democrat senators. But even excluding home ownership, pensioners have more assets on average than the rest of the population, the ministry research shows. Between 2001 and 2010, older people’s income rose 10% but in younger households the increase was just 2%. However, since then the gap has closed because pension...