Pensioen Pro Awards: Unilever's APF voted best pension fund in the Netherlands
“Merging closed DB scheme and new CDC scheme into APF significant step toward future-proof pension plan”
Lawyers: Pension funds must increase efforts to reclaim damages
Increased effort would also be good for the implementation of ESG principles
ING pension fund abandons plans to divide into two schemes
€27bn pension fund will not follow the split of its sponsoring company
Dentists' scheme sets out plan for future independence
SPT will not liquidate, but conflict between board and trade association worries supervisory board
Experts propose Dutch discount rate linked to GDP growth
The so-called ‘ETK’ would be directly linked to salaries and general economic health
Metal scheme PME invests in local start-ups in its own sector
€25m allocation to boost sector and innovation as well as local economy
Dutch dentists scheme settles with trade body after legal verdict
Parties agreed to keep on talking about the association’s exact role
PostNL pension fund boosts its strategic equity allocation
Postal service scheme cuts back fixed income as part of allocation overhaul
Dutch steelworks scheme implements new strategic investment plan
Pension fund considering branching out into international property
Banco Popular bailout costs Dutch healthcare scheme €1m [updated]
PFZW and PME both lost out, while ABP sold before the Spanish bank was rescued
Dutch government fears losing UK as partner on EU pensions
State secretary Jetta Klijnsma stresses that the Netherlands need to stay focused
DB 'can still play a role for years to come' despite rise of DC
Debate covers future of DB, DC, and hybrid plans in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands at conference in Vienna
PNO Media ramps up mortgage allocation to 12%
Pension fund repositions property portfolio in favour of residential and retail
ABP under pressure over €1.5bn tobacco investments
University hospitals campaign for civil service scheme to exit tobacco-related assets
Perpetuum mobile
The Dutch people are used to drawn out pension reform
Painting a pension picture: ABP to offer visual insight into benefits
The €389bn Dutch civil service scheme ABP is to offer participants a visual insight into the pension rights they have accrued under its defined benefit arrangements.
PME's ESG Strategy: Members help PME raise the bar
Pension fund for Dutch metal and electronic engineering sector seeks impact; Divesting from tobacco, embracing responsible investing model
PGGM chief executive Else Bos resigns
Bos is the second high-profile Dutch pension manager CEO to quit this month
Scandinavian investor seeks systematic 'trend following' fund via IPE Quest
Also: Dutch pension fund using IPE Quest Discovery service for debt manager searches
PGB ramps up allocation to real estate loans
Infrastructure, government bonds, and alternative credit allocations all brought in double-digit gains in 2016
Pensions In The Netherlands: A Gordian knot of reform
Rival parties are presenting competing visions for a reformed Dutch pension system, as Leen Preesman finds
Pensioen Federatie: From models to reality
Richard Pauw assesses the debate on pension reform in the Netherlands
Sweder van Wijnbergen: The system is not broken
The two options for the pension system are not the solution, according to Sweder van Wijnbergen. The Netherlands should look instead to the model adopted by the TIAA in the United States
Fiduciary Management: Modular solutions rise
Fiduciary management continues to be popular. Clients are exercising tighter control than ever and the emphasis lies on the strengthening of expertise, risk management and liability-driven investing, writes Mariska van der Westen
Fiduciary Management: A good form of complexity
Anton van Nunen, godfather of fiduciary management, responds to questions on his philosophy from André de Vos
Accounting roundup: BP, Glencore under pressure on climate change
Also: IASB puts pension accounting project on hold but presses on with new reporting standards for insurers
Perpetuum mobile
The Dutch people are used to drawn out pension reform
Politics needs a longer lens
It is necessary to come to terms with the end of left and right
Lending risks are exaggerated
Patient investors will benefit from an exposure to alternative credit
The tribulations of a democratic SWF
Government indicates that unlisted infrastructure brings on board new risks that the Norwegian public will not like ‘Discretionary bets’ and ‘operational mistakes’ seen as big risks that the oil fund should avoid
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