All articles by Cyril Widdershoven – Page 3
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Pension funds could buy 20% government stake in Schiphol
NETHERLANDS – Government is planning to sell close to a third of its stake in Schiphol airport to institutional investors, according to Dutch finance minister Gerrit Zalm.
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Concern expressed over Antilles pension fund
NETHERLANDS – The Dutch Central Bank (DNB) is concerned about the implications for the Algemeen Pensioenfonds van de Netherlands Antillen (APNA), the general pension fund for government workers in the Netherlands Antilles, of the territory’s government debt, a Dutch a parliamentary working group has been told.
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Dutch firms face tax penalties over pensions
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch tax office could be hitting around 40% of companies with fines of up to €600,000 for not making changes to their pension agreements.
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PGGM appeals against DNB levensloop fine
NETHERLANDS - Dutch health care pension fund PGGM says it will appeal against the fine it received from pension regulator De Nederlandsche Bank over the sale of levensloop, or “life course” products.
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Dutch retail pension fund to split pension rights
NETHERLANDS - The €4.5bn Dutch retail sector pension fund is to split up its pension rights system.
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Total scheme puts €10m into Kempen fund
NETHERLANDS – Stichting Total Pensioenfonds Nederland has put €10m into Kempen Capital Management’s new European Dividend Fund.
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OPF names van der Graaff as supervision official
NETHERLANDS – The OPF, the Dutch company pension fund foundation, has appointed a former government official as its new secretary for supervision and financial markets.
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Dutch may veto EU pensions portability plan
NETHERLANDS - Representatives of the Dutch government party the Christian Democrats have raised the prospect of vetoing the proposed EU directive on pensions portability at the European Council.
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Akzo scheme returns 15.2% in 2005
NETHERLANDS - The Pension Fund of Akzo Nobel made a return on investments of 15.2% in 2005 – up from 10.3% in 2004.
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Call for streamlined Dutch pension supervision
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch MP has called for the dual supervision of the pensions industry – by the central bank and the AFM market authority – to be scrapped.
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DNB warns on pressures over new pension law
NETHERLANDS – The Dutch central bank has warned there will be time pressure on pension funds if the new Pension Law is not passed by Parliament before the summer.
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Philips scheme in Amsterdam real estate buy
REAL ESTATE – The Philips Pension Fund has acquired Amsterdam Symphony, a real estate project in Amsterdam’s main new real estate project called Zuid As (This article originally appeared on www.iperealestate.com).
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ABP setting 2007 investment plan
NETHERLANDS – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, Europe’s largest pension fund, is currently in the process of establishing its new strategic investment plan to run from 2007 to 2009.
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KLM pension funds report healthy returns
NETHERLANDS - All three pension funds of airline KLM have reported healthy yields for 2005.
