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Inflows at some providers have increased by up to 35% as workers can save up to 30% of their gross salary tax-free as of 1 July 2023
Investing via mandates makes it easier for pension funds to implement their sustainability policies
The €2bn fund of the Dutch natural gas provider has switched its equity investments to a Climate Transition Benchmark
The Netherlands is in the final legislative stages of what will probably be the largest and most complex workplace pension system change ever in the world. Yet as it edges towards the parliamentary finishing line, recent political events could yet knock the process off course.
The Dutch scheme of postal company DHL wants to concentrate all investment services in one mandate to reduce the board’s workload
Frank Roeters van Lennep said it’s better ‘that someone else will lead the charge’ in implementing PGGM’s new impact investing strategy for 2030
The fund is one of two seed investors in the new BlackRock Developed World Paris-Aligned Climate Index Fund
The partnership aims to set a benchmark for ESG integration in Belgium and the Netherlands
However, large funds’ higher investment returns are undone fully by their lower interest rate hedges
Pension funds also display lower price elasticity than other investors when it comes to green bonds
At many company pension funds, employers and trade unions are at loggerheads over the choice for either the solidarity or flexible DC arrangement
The question whether to treat green bonds as emissions-free is proving divisive
ABP, PFZW and PME will support a campaign by the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs to promote the switch from defined benefit to defined contribution pensions
Pensioenfonds Huisartsen cannot implement their demands because of the fund’s passive investment strategy and now considers switching to active
The fund will also switch to a new Article 9 high-yield bond fund later this year
Investors that opt for climate benchmark risk neglecting other ESG issues, according to the Anglo-Dutch asset manager
Pensioenfonds Vervoer is the first fund to publish a detailed DC transition plan
Dutch healthcare scheme has already exited 192 companies
The AFM is expected to publish the final version of the guidance after the summer
The investment consultant had steered clear from offering fiduciary services to Dutch pension funds due to the low margins under its previous leadership
Pensioners would have received between 1.5% and 3.6% in indexation in 2023 if the new DC system had already been in place, says the asset manager
Double-digit returns on listed equity more than compensated for investment losses on non-listed real estate for the Netherlands’ five largest pension funds
Carola Schouten had been pensions minister since January 2022
The plan should give pension schemes time to make adjustments on the basis of DNB’s findings, should this be necessary, says Cindy van Oorschot