Dutch regulations are "killing" pension funds by using a discount rate that forces them to de-risk, said Anton van Nunen, director of Van Nunen & Partners.
Pension funds in the Netherlands use the interbank swap yield curve to discount pensions, a requirement that does not accurately reflect the amount of risk pension funds take to ensure higher retur...
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