[Recorded in Dutch] A conversation with Jacob Schoenmaker, financial journalist

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on the media's portrayal of the Netherlands' new pension system with financial journalist Jacob Schoenmaker.

In this first episode of our Dutch Podcast Wegwijs na Invaren, Roel Mehlkopf, Pension Fund Advisor, Cardano Netherlands, and Marc Heemskerk, Actuarial Consultant at Mercer, speak with financial journalist Jacob Schoenmaker to explore how the media is covering the Netherlands’ transition to the new pension system. They unpack the narratives that tend to surface in reporting – including the often‑mentioned “casino pensioen” – and the impressions left by newspaper headlines, TV segments and radi...

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Hosts: Roel Mehlkopf, Marc Heemskerk

Guest: Jacob Schoenmaker

Topics covered

• pension system
• media coverage
• financial journalism
• Netherlands
• pension narratives

Keywords

• pension system
• financial journalism
• media narratives
• Netherlands
• casino pensioen

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cardano Netherlands, Mercer

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