All ABP articles – Page 2
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NewsDutch pension funds reluctant to invest in government-led defence industry fund
PME and ABP are responding to a plan of the Netherlands’ Defence Ministry to establish a €1-2bn innovation fund for the defence industry
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NewsABP sold Credit Suisse after fruitless engagement
Several large Dutch pension funds have sold their shares in the troubled bank in the last few years
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NewsUS banking crisis costs ABP hundreds of millions
Danish pension funds have limited exposure to SVB, says FSA
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NewsPeople moves: Swiss APK seeks new CIO
Standard Life, iM Global Partner, Aon, 3173 Limited, Bfinance, Carmignac, LCP, PIMCO, Muzinich, XPS, Impax, Blue Sky Group, ABP, APK, BVK
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NewsDutch pension fund trio invests in mortgages through MUNT
The investment will increase the pension funds’ invested assets in Dutch mortgages by a total of €1.7bn, pushing ABP assets in mortgages to €4bn, €2bn for BpfBouw, and €1bn for SPW
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NewsInterest rate rises propel Dutch pension fund losses to record high
Pension funds in the Netherlands lost some €300bn on their interest rate hedges in 2022, according to estimates
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Dutch pension giant ABP to cut investments by half in net zero drive
Hollands largest pension fund will focus on companies making committed pledges to decarbonisation
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ABP targets 50% absolute CO2 reduction by 2030
To reach its goal, the Dutch civil scheme will reduce its investable universe excluding companies harmful to the environment
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3% indexation ceiling gives Dutch funds a headache
Several pension schemes in the Netherlands cannot compensate pensioners as much for inflation as they would ideally want because of fiscal constraints
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NewsDutch pension funds give double-digit indexations despite investment losses
Civil service scheme ABP, the country’s largest fund, was the first to provide full compensation for inflation, increasing pensions by 12%
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Dutch pension funds resist call to up weapons investments
The Dutch ministry of defence and NATO had called on pension funds not to exclude weapons manufacturers
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NewsLarge Dutch pension funds defend DC switch in letter to parliament
The initiative was triggered by recent negative media reports about the move to DC, according to ABP, PFZW, PMT, Bpf Bouw and PME
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Dutch pension funds keep investing in green bonds despite market rout
In contrast, pension schemes’ exposure to regular bonds has decreased by some €200bn this year
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Big Dutch funds lose another €50bn in Q3
Cumulative investment losses in 2022 for the five largest funds now have exceeded €200bn, eclipsing losses made during the 2008/09 financial crisis
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UK volatility ‘useful warning’ for Dutch pension funds
Dutch schemes must check whether they can run into liquidity constraints when rates rise, according to pension regulator DNB
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NewsEuropean pensions sector fails to use clout in green finance policymaking
Think tank finds that though many European pension funds stand out in climate engagement with stocks they own, they are generally not actively influencing policy
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NewsDutch pension funds’ private equity investments exceed €100bn
The rise comes as funds’ public equity investments have dropped to a multi-year low of €405bn
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ABP invests in Energy Impact Partners’ new European net zero fund
EIP has €390m from investors to deploy in European investments to accelerate the growth of innovative technologies
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Pension funds expected to become largest sellers on private equity secondary market in H2
Interim sales of private equity investments worldwide have grown steadily from $40bn in 2015 to $132bn in 2021, says Bain Capital
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NewsDutch pension funds lose more than €100bn in Q2
But thanks to rising interest rates, funding ratios have gone up
