Netherlands: Pensions and Investment News and Analysis

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Pension Funds in Netherlands - Country Report

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Netherlands pensions report 2023: Dutch funds plot move back into active investing

Several large Dutch pension funds are planning to move back into active management while others choose to go passive and further tweak their indices. But these two trends are not as contradictory as they may seem

TOP DUTCH PENSION FUNDS 2023

Pension fund/entity | Assets (€’000)

  1. ABP | 473,310,000
  2. Pensionefonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW) | 224,991,000
  3. Pensionefonds Metaal en Techniek (PMT) | 77,035,479
  4. BPF Bouwnijverheid (bpBOUW) | 61,636,057
  5. Pensionefonds van de Metalektro (PME)| 50,743,347

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Key fund data for Netherlands

Netherlands key pension data

Sources: Pension assets - IPE research; Occupational pension assets as % of GDP - OECD June 2022; Working population, data as of end 2021 - World Bank; Projected old-age dependency ratio 2050 per 100 people - Eurostat 2021; gross average replacement rate - OECD Pensions at a Glance, 2021; Asset Allocation - OECD Pension Funds in Fugures, June 2022

TOP MANAGERS: DUTCH INSTITUTIONAL ASSETS

Company | Assets (€m) 

  1. APG | 457,950*
  2. PGGM  | 229,000
  3. BlackRock | 195,150
  4. Achmea Investment Management | 174,550
  5. MN | 134,200*
  6. Aegon Asset Management | 79,844**
  7. ASR Vermogensbeheer | 74,955
  8. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Mngt. | 66,909
  9. State Street Global Advisors | 58,402
  10. Northern Trust Asset Management | 45,959

As at 30.6.23, *31.12.22, **31.3.23

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IPE European Pension Fund Awards

IPE BEST PENSION FUND IN NETHERLANDS AWARD WINNERS

  • 2023 - Rabobank Pensioenfonds
  • 2022 - PFZW
  • 2021 - PFZW
  • 2020 - Shell Nederland Pension Fund (SNPS) and SBZ Pensioen
  • 2019 - Stichting Calpam-Pensioenfonds

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