A debate took place in the Dutch parliament on April 4, 2007, on the pension funds' financial transparency and practices in terms of investment. Deputies also mentioned the fact that these funds are more and more to choose to settle in Belgium to avoid the drastic regulations in effect in the Netherlands. (Ref. 070314)
These private funds (671 billion euros in store) are attracted by a coverage rate (ratio between the store and the pensions to pay) that is more profitable in Belgium, where it is only 70%, as opposed to 130% in the Netherlands. During the debate, another question was raised, that of the pension funds’ doubtful investments. A documentary broadcasted on March 18 on the public channel Nederland 3 revealed that these funds invest their members’ money in everything that is as profitable as possib
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