Newsletter March 2017 · 2017-03-28 · suitability requirements for pension fund board members are...
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If this message is not correctly displayed, click here to view it online. Newsletter March 2017 Hello , We have got pension news for you. A new look PDN’s newsletter has had a revamp. We hope that this fresh new look will offer you a more enjoyable reading experience. We bring you the latest news in short articles where you can click on links to ‘read more’. In the current March issue, Philip Mertens explains why, at the age of 27, he already wants to know exactly how his pension will look when he retires. Wendy de Jong, chair of PDN’s Supervisory Board, explains what it takes to manage a pension fund. There is also news about PDN digital mail, a video about PDN, and an investigation by De Nederlandsche Bank and the Authority for the Financial Markets. We hope you enjoy reading our newsletter. The editorial team of PDN. Film about PDN There has been a lot of attention for pensions lately. Pensions are a quite complex matter about which employers, labor unions, pension fund’s boards, employees and pensioners have different opinions. Almost daily media report about pensions and concepts such as funding level, indexation, cuts and returns. “It should be a bit less complicated”, says Ellen Kuppens, responsible for HR in the Netherlands. Jo Schuffelen, process operator DEP, doesn’t want to end up penniless when he retires. “You have to watch over an enormous pile of money”, says Monique van Heeswijk, PDN board member. There is one common starting point: everybody wants decent pension benefits for all members. Not only now, but also in the future. In the video Ellen, Jo, Monique, Joey, Mark, Mieke and Suat tell how they think about it and what their pension dream is. Watch the video below. Watch the video here Only 27, but already interested in his pension Philip Mertens is 27 and has been working for DSM for two years, for the past few months on a permanent contract. His work requires him to look carefully at what will be good for DSM in the future, while privately he is primarily interested in what will be good for his own future. To his mind, that definitely includes having a clear idea of the arrangements for his future pension. Read more
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Newsletter March 2017
Hello ,We have got pension news for you.
A new look
PDN’s newsletter has had a revamp. We hope that this fresh new look willoffer you a more enjoyable reading experience.We bring you the latest news in short articles where you can click on linksto ‘read more’. In the current March issue, Philip Mertens explains why, atthe age of 27, he already wants to know exactly how his pension will lookwhen he retires. Wendy de Jong, chair of PDN’s Supervisory Board,explains what it takes to manage a pension fund. There is also newsabout PDN digital mail, a video about PDN, and an investigation by DeNederlandsche Bank and the Authority for the Financial Markets. We hope you enjoy reading our newsletter. The editorial team of PDN.
Film about PDN
There has been a lot of attention for pensions lately. Pensions are a quitecomplex matter about which employers, labor unions, pension fund’sboards, employees and pensioners have different opinions. Almost daily media report about pensions and concepts such as fundinglevel, indexation, cuts and returns. “It should be a bit less complicated”,says Ellen Kuppens, responsible for HR in the Netherlands. JoSchuffelen, process operator DEP, doesn’t want to end up pennilesswhen he retires. “You have to watch over an enormous pile of money”,says Monique van Heeswijk, PDN board member. There is one common starting point: everybody wants decent pensionbenefits for all members. Not only now, but also in the future. In the videoEllen, Jo, Monique, Joey, Mark, Mieke and Suat tell how they think about itand what their pension dream is. Watch the video below.
Watch the video here
Only 27, but already interested in hispension
Philip Mertens is 27 and has been working for DSM for two years, for thepast few months on a permanent contract. His work requires him to lookcarefully at what will be good for DSM in the future, while privately he isprimarily interested in what will be good for his own future. To his mind,that definitely includes having a clear idea of the arrangements for hisfuture pension.
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AFM/DNB investigation
AFM and DNB recently conducted a sector-wide investigation ‘Financiëleopzet en informatie’ [Financial plan and information]. The result of thisinvestigation is that AFM and DNB believe that PDN has given itsmembers ‘clear information and accurate expectations’ about ‘indexation’and ‘cuts’.
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“Fresh eyes give a new perspective”
Wendy de Jong, Chair of the Supervisory Board of PDN
The financial position of pension funds has been under pressure forseveral years and that isn’t making it any easier to manage them. Thesuitability requirements for pension fund board members are becomingever stricter. A number of supervisors keep an eye on the fund’soperations. There is amongst others a Supervisory Board, which is acommittee of three experts, who are not members or pensioners of PDN.Wendy de Jong tells about the work of that Supervisory Board.
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