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AnalysisIPE Netherlands Briefing: PFZW switches to active management
Plus: Caterpillar divestment; French government debt
Asset Manager Newsa.s.r. and PFZW reposition Amvest’s real estate activities
PFZW and a.s.r. have today agreed to divide the real estate activities of Amvest. As from 1 January 2026, PFZW will acquire a.s.r.’s shares in the management and development organisation, becoming the sole shareholder of Amvest Vastgoed B.V. The current development portfolio of Amvest will be split between PFZW and a.s.r. Management of a.s.r.’s separate account, comprising 7,500 residential units, will be transferred to a.s.r. real estate. No changes will be made to the funds managed by Amvest. By dividing the activities, both shareholders enhance their effectiveness and will be able to pursue their own strategic direction going forward. The transaction is subject to approval by the AFM and ACM.
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NewsPME, PFZW are latest funds to sell stocks linked to Israel human rights violations
The two Dutch pension schemes recently divested from Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia and Motorola
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NewsPFZW divests from Israel
€255bn Dutch healthcare fund has also sold investments in other Middle East countries as it is concerned about growing threat of conflict expansion in the region
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NewsPFZW reports underperformance of SDG investments
Management fees for the Dutch healthcare scheme’s actively managed SDG equity mandate are also significantly higher
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NewsPFZW sells €600m in gambling stocks
The Dutch healthcare scheme decided to divest from the sector following a member survey
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AnalysisIPE Netherlands Briefing: Dutch funds continue Israel stock purge
PFZW and PME divest from Booking.com, Airbnb and Expedia; Dutch pension funds reconsider oversized exposures to the US
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Country ReportPFZW moves beyond oil and gas divestment
In a podcast recorded for IPE’s Dutch sister publication Pensioen Pro, Ravien Sewtahal of PFZW and Colin Tissen of the pension fund’s asset manager PGGM reflect on the Dutch healthcare scheme’s engagement programme with fossil fuel firms and PFZW’s next steps in climate engagement
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Podcast#10 Leaders in Investment podcast: Conversation with Professor Dirk Schoenmaker, Investment Committee Chair, PFZW
In Episode #10 of IPE’s Leaders in Investment podcast series, IPE Editorial Director Liam Kennedy interviews Professor Dirk Schoenmaker, Investment Committee Chair at Dutch pension fund PFZW
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NewsPFZW divests all but seven oil and gas companies
Dutch social care sector pension fund offloads final tranche of 310 oil and gas holdings worth €2.8bn
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AnalysisDutch pension funds write off Russian investments, except PFZW
The healthcare scheme keeps interests in more than twenty Russian companies on its balance sheet
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NewsPFZW hit by big data breach
The revelation comes just days after fellow Dutch pension fund PME also suffered a huge data breach
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PFZW to increase pensions by 6%
The Dutch healthcare scheme did not award the maximum allowed indexation in order to protect its buffer
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NewsPFZW adopts 50% absolute CO2 reduction target
The change of heart follows criticism of the Dutch health care scheme’s initial relative reduction goal
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NewsPFZW sells another 78 oil and gas firms
The move is part of the Dutch healthcare scheme’s engagement programme with fossil fuel companies
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PGGM to focus asset management services on PFZW
The pension asset manager has told its other pension fund clients it wants to stop providing asset management services to them
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PFZW unveils 50% carbon reduction target for 2030
The Dutch healthcare scheme has also for the first time formulated CO2 reduction targets for its real estate, infrastructure and private equity investments
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PFZW sells €470m worth of investments in 114 oil and gas companies
The companies that were sold had failed to formulate goals to reduce carbon emissions
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NewsPFZW’s shift to active equity strategy leads to termination of BlackRock
The Dutch pension fund for healthcare workers replaced BlackRock, LGIM and AQR with Robeco, Man Numeric, Acadian, Lazard, Schroders, M&G and UBS AM
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PFZW sells 24 companies over ESG failures
The announcement is part of a new transparency drive by the Dutch healthcare scheme
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