Dutch pension funds see 11 percentage point drop in funding

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NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds have suffered a severe 11 percentage point drop in funding ratio from March to August due to poor market performance and increased interest rates.

The average funding ratio of Dutch pension funds has fallen drastically from 112%, where it was resting in March of this year, to 101% at the end of August. De Nederlandsche bank (DNB), the Dutc...

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