'Either one way or the other, governments must make pension savings obligatory', according to Olaf Sleijpen, Director Institutional Clients at APG in the Financial Times of 5 October 2009. The article cites the Dutch system of risk sharing, where participants collectively share in both the risks and the accrued capital, as a way to ensure that pensions remain affordable and attractive in the future. Olaf Sleijpen is eager to share the experience that the Netherlands and APG have gained in this field with other countries so that these countries can work on the further improvement of their own pension schemes.
Read the article in the Financial Times
