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Dutch pension experts question whether the interbank swap yield curve is the best rate to discount liabilities against, as Giovanni Legorano and Raquel Pichardo-Allison report

An Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) working paper, published this month, has found defined contribution members risk dramatic fluctuations in retirement income unless they adopt default strategies that reduce the impact of...

NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds should use long-term bond rates to discount liabilities in order to better insulate them from financial crises, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development said.

GLOBAL - Defined contribution members risk dramatic fluctuations in retirement income unless they adopt default strategies that reduce the impact of market shocks, the global body warned.

Defined contribution members risk dramatic fluctuations in retirement income unless they adopt default strategies that reduce the impact of market shocks, a global body warns.

Giovanni Legorano looks at how governments across Europe are reforming their pension systems following the economic crisis

GREECE/GLOBAL - Greece has pledged to undertake a pensions overhaul as part of the structural reforms agreed with its partners in the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in exchange for a €110bn (US$144bn) rescue package.

Alison Swersky speaks to Norway's finance minister Sigbjørn Johnsen about the Ministry of Finance's decision to limit active risk within the Government Pension Fund Global

GLOBAL - Global pension assets totalled US$29.5trn at year end 2009, up 14% from the previous year, according to a report by the International Financial Services London.

HUNGARY - Hungary must make further progress on reforming its pension system to reduce cost pressures on its national budget, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said.