by Jan van der Wel | Nov 12, 2019 | Articles
Someone asking this question has certainly taken the effort to listen to you. I often ask older young people or younger old people whether there is enough income to do the things they want. Of course I ask that question if I have doubts about it. In case I get the...
by Mario van Teijlingen | Sep 18, 2019 | Articles
If there is a top 5 with “abstract financial concepts”, I expect that for most Dutch people the pension will be in the top 2. Actually, that is no surprise, although it is by far the biggest frustration of us financial planners. The Dutch pension system...
by Your Financials | Jul 25, 2019 | Articles
The Dutch band De Dijk released the song “When she’s not here” 25 years ago. The song added something fundamental to the concept of “relationship”for me, namely loss. Loss has many forms, I learned later. I would like to discuss financial...
by Mario van Teijlingen | May 7, 2019 | Articles
Until 2013, the client’s advisor was paid by the mortgage provider from the interest paid by the client. Since then, the client pays a fee for the advice to the consultant. The purpose of this is to increase transparency about the costs of advice and about the...
by Jan van der Wel | Apr 29, 2019 | Articles
The “Geldzaken in de praktijk” (Money Matters in Practice) study by NIBUD shows that about 23 percent of Dutch 55-65 year-olds do not know whether they can financially survive after retirement.I understand this in part.Lifetime employment is over. Many older employees...
