All articles by Cyril Widdershoven – Page 4
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Dutch govt critical of portability directive
NETHERLANDS – Social affairs minister Aart Jan de Geus has made critical comments about the European Commission’s proposed directive on pensions portability.
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Dutch flower industry to get new pension fund
NETHERLANDS – The Dutch wholesale flower and plant sector is to get a new independent defined contribution pension fund.
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Dutch metals fund PMT in real estate purchase
NETHERLANDS – MN Services has bought 29 apartments in Rotterdam on behalf of its owner, the €20bn metalworkers’ scheme Pensioenfonds Metaal en Techniek.
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DNB consults on pension reporting pre-FTK
NETHERLANDS – The Nederlandsche Bank, the Dutch central bank, is consulting on pension reporting ahead of the implementation of the new FTK (Financial Assessment Framework) and Pension Law.
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STAR urges changes to new pension law
NETHERLANDS – The Dutch Labour Foundation (STAR) has written to the parliamentary social affairs committee urging that changes be made to the government’s proposed pension bill.
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Dutch social council in first-pillar refusal
NETHERLANDS – SER, the Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands - the main advising council to the Dutch government – is refusing greater flexibility in the AOW, the first-pillar pension.
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Raise dividends for stable investors, says ABP
NETHERLANDS - Roderick Munsters, chief investment officer at Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, has urged companies to pay higher dividends to stable investors.
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Dutch levensloop arrangement ‘struggling’
NETHERLANDS - The implementation of the Levensloop, or ‘life course’, the substitute for pre-pension arrangements, is not living up to expectations, according to a new report.
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Up to 3,000 jobs go in Achmea-Interpolis merger
NETHERLANDS – Between 2,500 and 3,000 jobs are to go in the next three years as Dutch pension management firms Achmea and Interpolis merge.
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Medische Specialisten sets up new organisation
NETHERLANDS - Stichting Pensioenfonds Medische Specialisten, the Dutch medical specialists' pension fund, has set up a professional pension organisation for medical specialists called Beroepsvereniging Medische Specialisten.
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Netherlands wants to be pension fund domicile
NETHERLANDS – The Dutch central bank has set up a working group looking at ways of making the country an attractive domicile for pension funds, in the context of the directive on occupational pension funds.
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Unions dig in over pensions at Stork
NETHERLANDS - Dutch trade unions FNV Bondgenoten and CNV Metaal say they won’t accept a proposal by the management of Stork regarding a refinancing of its pension fund.
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Pensioners in court summons to Akzo Nobel
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds could be confronted by further legal action from pensioners if a court case against industrial group Akzo Nobel and its pension fund is successful.
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Dutch insurers drop case against ABP/PGGM
NETHERLANDS - The court case by the Dutch Association of Insurers (VvV) targeting the commercial activities of pensions funds ABP and PGGM has been dropped, with De Nederlandsche Bank fining the two giant schemes.
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Akzo Nobel scheme outsources to Eureko
NETHERLANDS – The €4.7bn Stichting Pensioenfonds Akzo Nobel has signed an outsourcing agreement with the Eureko Group.
