The Netherlands
The Netherlands: Regime change
01 Mar 2013
Uncertainty is unsettling the Dutch pension fund industry as a new pension framework takes shape, finds Nina Röhrbein
The Netherlands: Is this what our system needs?
01 Mar 2013
Dutch pension reforms are constantly shortsighted. To be sustainable the system needs vision and decisiveness, argues Corine Hoekstra
The Netherlands: It’s not easy to get right
01 Mar 2013
Cees Harm van den Berg and Gerard Roelofs find that the UFR has led to heightened awareness of interest rate risk and many funds have changed their hedging policy.
The Netherlands: Mixed views on risk factors
01 Mar 2013
Allocation based on risk factors rather than traditional asset categories is gaining traction, says Miranda Schoutsen, but some investors are wondering whether the old ways are not better
The Netherlands: Sky-high success
01 Mar 2013
André de Vos spoke with Toine van der Stee of Blue Sky Group, the manager of the KLM pension funds
The Netherlands: The integral concept survives
01 Mar 2013
Anton van Nunen assesses recent discussions on fiduciary mandates and argues against splitting risk from asset management
The Netherlands: Fault lines
03 Sep 2012
Leen Preesman and Mariska van der Westen read the runes of Dutch politics, which will be the crucial factor in determining the future of the country’s occupational pension system
The Netherlands: Anxiety management
03 Sep 2012
Nina Röhrbein gauges views on how the likely changes to Dutch pensions will affect investment and risk strategies
The Netherlands: PPI to spur DC growth
03 Sep 2012
The Dutch affinity with defined benefit schemes has limited the take-up of defined contribution, writes Nina Röhrbein. Could the PPI vehicle change this?
The Netherlands: From FTK to FBK
03 Sep 2012
Jean Frijns, Guus Boender and Theo Kocken inspired a lively debate at the IPNederland conference in June. Leen Preesman and Mariska van der Westen report
The Netherlands: Pensions turmoil
01 Mar 2012
Changes to Dutch pensions could mean greater interest in DC structures, such as premium pension institutions (PPIs), argue Gerard Roelofs and Michel Iglesias del Sol
The Netherlands: Sustainable after the crisis?
01 Mar 2012
Pierre Akkermans outlines recent pension developments in the Dutch pension system
The Netherlands: ‘Modular’ management gains ground
01 Mar 2012
In the Netherlands, the classic model of fiduciary management has been losing ground since the crisis of 2008. Trustee boards are taking back control. André de Vos reports
