German Abstract: In deze bijdrage bespreken we de uitspraak van 25 november 2015 van rechtbank Noord Neder¬land (ECLI:NL:RBNNE:2015:5585), de mogelijke gevolgen voor de (private) tweede pijler en de verhouding van deze uitspraak met het EU-recht

This article concentrates on two issues that the IGC-2004 had to deal with: 1) how to establish and monitor a more precise delimitation of powers between the European Union and the Member States; 2) the status of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. To what extend can these...

The turmoil in the fi nancial markets also has consequences for pension institutions. Evidently, many pension funds have lost a great deal of their assets. Another consequence is less often highlighted: the impact of the crisis on the (cross-border) activity of Institutions for Occupational...

This article deals with the new supervisory regime for insurance companies: the Solvency II Directive. We discuss the contents, merits and background of the Solvency II framework, which is a clear improvement on the current regime