All BpfBouw articles
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NewsDutch construction sector scheme halves emerging market equity exposure
Beijing’s ‘excessive control’ on management of large companies has increased investment risk in emerging markets and depressed share prices in China, says BpfBouw
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NewsRising equity markets spike Dutch funding ratios
ABP and PFZW suffered losses on their government bond portfolios, however, as Dutch and German yields rose
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NewsBpfBouw crowned most sustainable Dutch pension fund
The scheme for the Dutch construction sector has taken the first place from ABP
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NewsSuperior investment returns for largest Dutch pension funds – research
However, large funds’ higher investment returns are undone fully by their lower interest rate hedges
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NewsILX Fund invests first $400m in Dutch pension money in EM private credit
The Amsterdam-based impact fund, which invests in syndicated loans originated by development banks, is plannning to start fundraising for a second $2bn fund
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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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To rebalance or not? Dutch pension funds face dilemma as illiquids exceed limits
Bpf Bouw will sell close to €3bn in hedge fund investments and is also reconsidering its private equity and real estate holdings
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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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NewsDutch pension funds lose more than €100bn in Q2
But thanks to rising interest rates, funding ratios have gone up
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Bpf Bouw supervisory board questions innovation ability at APG
It cites a critical internal report by APG about its pension administration
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Dutch effort to foster self-employed pensions draws criticism
Pension experts reiterate their call for a more structural solution to the lack of pension participation among the self-employed
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Dutch schemes react to Ukraine war
While a growing list of pension funds have announced their intention to divest from Russia, a large number of funds has kept silent about the conflict
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Pension schemes move to sell Russian assets amid trading obstacles
UK’s USS, NEST and BTPS, in addition to Publica in Switzerland and Bpf Bouw in the Netherlands have all decided to divest from Russian assets
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Wide divergence in 2021 returns for large Dutch pension funds
Strong equity market returns and rising interest rates resulted in sharp improvements in funding levels
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NewsDutch pension funds see no need to tackle inflation risk
Some funds think they are sufficiently protected already while others believe rising interest rates will protect their funding ratios
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NewsLarge Dutch pension funds see €1.1bn cost hike
Investment management and transaction costs of the 10 largest Dutch pension funds increased from €6.3bn to €7.4bn in 2020
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NewsDutch sector-wide pension funds want to open up for self-employed
Social affairs minister Wouter Koolmees wants to give second-pillar schemes the opportunity to allow the self-employed to join as of next year
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Bouw pension fund to up real estate investments
The €70bn fund has €1.9bn available to invest in predominantly foreign real estate projects
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Dutch pension giants abandon cooperation plans
A new shared service centre would increase the workload, especially at a time when a new pensions contract is introduced
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Dutch building scheme sticks to ‘expensive’ PE, hedge funds
The fund reduced management fees for hedge funds by 27% during the past five years by negotiating service fees
