What can the UK learn from the Dutch on CDC?

Paul Waters asks how the UK can avoid the same about-turn on CDC as the Dutch

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Paul Waters: We have to get this right, and lessons from abroad can teach us a lot
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Paul Waters: We have to get this right, and lessons from abroad can teach us a lot

Collective defined contribution (CDC) – a new approach to providing pensions – has got lots of attention in the UK pension industry recently, particularly in the Mansion House reforms.

If the UK increasingly considers CDC, can we learn anything by looking further afield? Which risks and benefits are good to share, and which aren't? The Dutch experience The Dutch Pension Act...

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