We often think that buying a house is the biggest financial expense people have in their lives. That is not true. Usually, the pension involves a (much) larger amount than with the purchase of a house. But in our daily life the pension subject does not get the attention it deserves. Income from much of …
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The newspaper headlines are pretty dramatic: the consequences of the coronavirus have a major impact on your pension. Certainly, the situation is serious. But perhaps not as bad as you think when reading the headlines in the newspaper. The “best” pension system Few countries in the world have a good pension system as we know …
A question that occurs more and more frequently, because people change jobs more than in earlier times and work fewer years with an employer. The result is that people often end up with several small pensions.What are small pensions then? These are pensions accrued with former employers with benefits at retirement age between € 2.00 …
For many people, retirement is like picking up a piece of soap in the shower: hard to get!It starts with the confusion between the state pension date (AOW-datum) and the retirement date. Although the two dates ideally are the same at the end of someone’s working life, there may still be years between the entry …
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 have been made redundant with negative consequences for income and pension accrual.In addition, employers …
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