Dutch pension funds brace for hedging revamp
Planned legislative changes set to reduce long-end hedging needs, but market divided on curve impact
After nearly a decade of tortuous and sometimes bitter debate, the Netherlands is close to reforming its much-vaunted pensions system.
A new law passed by the lower house of the Dutch parliament last December will move the country’s occupational pensions from a defined benefit model to defined contributions by 2027 – fundamentally altering pension funds’ hedging strategies in the process.
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