All articles by Cyril Widdershoven – Page 10
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PVK consults on new pension fund rules, FTK
NETHERLANDS – The pensions and insurance regulator the PVK is to write to all Dutch pension funds about the changes to pension fund regulations and the Financial Assessment Framework, or FTK, next month.
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Netherlands’ de Geus firm amid strike threat
NETHERLANDS - Dutch Minister of Social Affairs, Aart Jan de Geus, has shown in answers presented to the Dutch parliament that he is not willing to consider reopening talks with the social partners on the pre-pension issue.
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PGGM’s Munsters says funds stressed by changes
NETHERLANDS – Roderick Munsters, chief investment officer of the second-largest Dutch pension fund, PGGM, has said Dutch pension funds are “getting stressed” by the changes to the system.
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Uproar as Dutch pension plans leaked
NETHERLANDS – There is uproar over a leak of the forthcoming budget which has revealed that the government is looking at possibly raising the retirement age to 67.
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ABP pre-pensions under scrutiny
NETHERLANDS – Questions over Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP’s pre-pension arrangements have been raised by two Dutch Members of Parliament.
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DNB-PVK pension funding row escalates
NETHERLANDS - A bitter spat has erupted over the refinancing of the pension funds of the Dutch central bank and pension regulator the PVK - with the head of the bank branding an MP's comments "tendentious and grievous".
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New VB code could hit fund performance - Hewitt
NETHERLANDS – The VB’s new pension fund governance code could hit the overall performance of pension funds, Hewitt Associates says.
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Dutch data reveals shift away from final salary
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension statistics from the pension regulator PVK are now available online – which has revealed the extent of the shift away from final salary arrangements.
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Three largest Dutch funds post quarterly returns
NETHERLANDS – The three largest pension funds in the Netherlands – ABP, PGGM and PME – have released their quarterly portfolio figures today, with returns ranging from –0.5% to +0.5%.
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PMT scheme raises pre-pension age (Corrected)
(Corrects name of pension fund) NETHERLANDS – Kleinmetaal (middle and small companies) have been confronted by their pension fund, the Pension Fund for Metalworking and Mechanical Engineering, or Pensioenfonds Metaal en Techniek, which has raised the pre-pension age to 60 from 55 previously in a bid to save ...
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VB says new code answers pension crisis
NETHERLANDS – Attention is being focused on the role and impact of the proposed Board of Management contained in the VB’s new pension fund governance code.
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Dutch funds working on pension fund governance
NETHERLANDS – Dutch industry-wide pension funds are working on a pension fund governance code, along the same lines as the new Tabaksblat corporate governance code.
