Under-pressure Dutch schemes plead for pensions reform progress
Pension funds ‘can’t explain’ lack of indexation to members during strong economy
Equities and commodities boost Q3 returns at top Dutch schemes
Gains ranged from 0.9% to 1.3% at the five largest pension funds during July to September
Dutch parliament wants to limit scope of fiduciary managers
MP says amendment would prohibit supervision of scheme investment policies by fiduciary managers
Dutch tyre manufacturer offers annual switch between DB and DC
Scheme offers innovative compromise as it moves to consolidation vehicle
Netherlands doubles down on new rules for pension scheme transfers
Social affairs minister Wouter Koolmees responds to claims that stricter conditions for cross-border moves are illegal
ABP overtakes PFZW as top Dutch sustainable investor
But most schemes have not set goals for ESG-related investments, says VBDO
Dutch watchdog urges pension funds to prepare for hard Brexit
AFM warns that asset managers and service providers seeking EU permissions may not get them on time
Delta Lloyd, PGGM exit market for APF consolidators
Clients face uncertain future as the Netherlands’ ‘general pension fund’ market shrinks
Robeco’s multi-manager subsidiary completes management buyout
Corestone aims to broaden its target market outside that of former parent
Lawyer contests stricter Dutch rules for cross-border pension transfers
Hans van Meerten argues that additional conditions to counter supervisory arbitrage are against EU law
Dutch investors prepared to forgo on returns to support ESG causes
Three quarters of investors are prepared to miss out on some upside if their investments benefit the environment and society, survey says
Netherlands scores lowest on ‘retirement happiness’ – study
SSGA surveyed defined contribution participants in eight retirement systems
Dutch regulator warns against ‘overheating’ property market
High property taxes could be masking loan-to-value ratio risk, according to De Nederlandsche Bank
Dutch regulator: Shocks around energy transition could improve funding
Stress test examined sudden changes in policy, technology and confidence
Kempen to close ‘passive’ funds worth €400m in strategic shift
Asset manager to cease its fundamental index strategy, affecting a number of undisclosed institutional investors
Dutch financial education body calls for mandatory pensions saving
Automatic pensions accrual would have to be subject to conditions, Nibud suggests
Dutch pension funds should ‘under-promise and over-deliver’
Pensions Federation conference hears sector should take advice from the care industry to build trust
Unilever abandons restructure under pressure from shareholders
RLAM and other major shareholders had opposed “forced divestment of Unilever under a single listing”
Ballast Nedam to transfer pensions to general pension fund Stap
Scheme plans to liquidate next year after previously selecting BpfBouw for future accrual
Dutch schemes left ‘disappointed’ by discount rate decision
Pension funds expected ‘flexibility’ in the proposed new pension system to avoid benefit cuts
The Netherlands: Pensions reform poses IT puzzle
Dutch pension managers will need to significantly adjust their IT systems if a pensions contract with individual accrual becomes the key element in a new Dutch pensions system
Asset Allocation: State of play
A look at the top five Dutch pension funds
Multi-sector magnet
Since 2011, PGB has almost doubled its number of participants to 235,700 from pension funds from a diverse range of sectors
Dutch pensions: IT is a bottleneck
Antiquated IT systems stand in the way of an overhaul of Dutch pensions
Scheme funding: Benefits gain
Improved funding leads indexation wave
‘Step-change’ in number of UK schemes in funding surplus
37% of schemes in funding surplus in 2018 survey, up from 27% three years earlier
Accounting roundup: More work needed on ‘too big to fail’ banks
Plus: IASB eyes new pension standard, EU plots financial reporting ‘lab’
UK announces further review of audit market competitiveness
Competition and Markets Authority to fast-track probe into continued dominance of ‘Big Four’ auditors
Amended longevity tables may save providers up to 50bp in buffers
Slower increase in longevity after Heubeck fixes flaw
Longevity data was flawed, admits German consultancy
Revision expected later this month expected to lower longevity increase and with it buffer requirements
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