prime Minister Wouter Bird, of Social Affairs, looks on, along with the trade unions, the possibility of the calculation of pensions, the so-called discount rate to apply. That would be a turn off to the minister in this regard, while the trade unions have a less secure retirement, would have to accept it.
this confirms a spokesman for Bird Wednesday NU.nl after news of The new means of communication.
for employers, employees, and the government is working on the development of the summer in the enclosed agreement.
It is difficult, and therefore it is also addressed that were not in the agreement, were in place. This is where the Social Business is now in the jargon, a “technical reconnaissance” is mentioned. In one of these schools of playing had accrued and the u.s. does not have any role in this,” said Social Affairs in a response.
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with The social partners, in June after years of negotiations, the outlines of an agreement: pensions had to be more transparent, and more, so that young and old participants have come to rely on.
details were still being worked out, but as time went by, it appeared that a stable retirement is becoming further and further out of sight, hit by the fall in interest rates and the strict calculation rules.
It is to adjust the discount rate for the government for a long time a taboo subject. This was the case for the unions in regards to letting go of the security of pensions.
Although the department stressed that in this study, the principles set out in the agreement, but it is only one study in the u.s., a big change. According to The Telegraph wants a Bird for the summer, new plans, and the present, so that immediately after the start of legislation.
to Adjust the actuarial interest rate for many years, not even willing to consider it for the Dutch political party D66
a Lot of pension funds are already under pressure due to the current low interest rate environment and the food product is in the form of interest. The discount rate is a notional rate of return that the funds in their ability to appreciate it. Some of the parties that is unfair, because the actual returns are much greater. You can pay to arm yourself, said the parties 50PLUS, the SP and the PVV.
on the other hand, in particular, for the Dutch political party D66, the party of a Bird, any kind of adjustment to the discount rate discussed. The party called attempts from 50PLUS to do so is an “attack on your future retirement”.
in The past few years, it was feared that millions of pensions have been reduced, this had to be it after that for many years meegroeiden with the increase in prices (price indexation).
in the end, the damage isn’t too bad, but the call for a new pension system, where pensions are more transparent and less dependent on fluctuations in the interest rates have been, and was, therefore, sound louder.
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