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PensioPlus attributed the improved returns to an investment policy focused on long-term investments in the real economy
The partnership aims to set a benchmark for ESG integration in Belgium and the Netherlands
Federal government manages to work out a first-pillar agreement before the parliamentary recess
The agreement, which is to represent 0.5% of GDP in long-term savings compared to a pension deal reached last year, is supposed to safeguard a €847m cheque from the EU’s Covid Recovery Fund
Belgian schemes achieved an average return of -14.98% in 2022
The Netherlands and Belgium must push through reforms to their pension systems to receive COVID recovery grants from Brussels
Pension funds reflect on the role of LDI in their portfolios and the risks associated with an unlikely, but not impossible, sudden rise in interest rates
Plus the association said over 80% of Belgian pension funds now incorporate some form of ESG factors within their investment policy
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
A minimum monthly first-pillar pension will apply from 2024 but there has been little effort to boost supplementary schemes
‘Governance requires rotation’, says Neyt after more than 15 years of chairmanship
Commitments are planned to unlisted infrastructure, real estate and secure income assets
‘This will open doors for other multinational corporations,’ says Aon
The Vivaldi coalition wants to increase second-pillar coverage and boost contributions
Plus: Discovery search for global EM fixed income
Plus: Belgian scheme launches pre-RFI for private debt and private equity
Belgian investor uses IPE Quest’s pre-RFI tool; FRR retenders US dollar corporate bond mandates
Plus: Benelux-based investor launches global equity tender
Move appears to be linked to a corruption scandal
Danish pension fund requires companies to report tax paid by region, not just globally
Norwegian SWF funds academic studies into the impact on companies of more fragmented ownership
Improvements to the country’s pension system have continued in the face of persistent political problems and the global health crisis
Luc Vanbriel, CIO of Pensioenfonds KBC, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo how the Brussels-based fund is coping with the current crisis