A common framework for pension contracts, irrespective of the type of contract or the type of provider.Informing participants, employers and national governments about the distribution of risks in pension contracts.

This thesis has been awarded the Netspar Tias-Netspar Academy Thesis Award 2015.

This thesis investigates the development of a common legal and/or prudential framework that equally covers any type of pension contract, operated by any type of provider. The key objective of such a common framework is to inform participants and other stakeholders in a single way about the content of an occupational pension contract and the distribution of risks within that contract.