The excitement over my column on the swellness of the Dutch pension system continues. Here’s the reaction of Steve Utkus, who runs the Vanguard Center for Retirement Research: The Dutch system is interesting but has some limitations from a European perspective. One is that it ties benefits to working in the Netherlands, a small country [...]
Today’s NRC Handelsblad has an article outlining a recent change in fortunes (for the better) at Rotterdam’s Feyenoord soccer club. One of the reasons is a new program called “Talent Pool” (they failed to come up with a proper Dutch name for it) which allowed outside investors to buy a stake in the transfer rights [...]
My latest column is in the issue of the magazine with Rupert Murdoch on the cover and online here. It begins: On June 22, shares in the private-equity firm Blackstone Group began trading publicly on the New York Stock Exchange. By late afternoon, CEO Stephen Schwarzman’s 23% stake in the firm he co-founded was worth [...]
