Danielle Rossingh
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Tsunami support fund launched
Pension funds are founded for one sole purpose – to make sure workers get a decent pension when they retire. So it came as a bit of a surprise when two of Europe’s biggest pension funds, ABP and PGGM, announced they were setting up a support fund for the elderly ...
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Kas Bank wins E87m Mowlem custody mandate
NETHERLANDS – The pension fund of UK engineering business Mowlem has appointed Kas Bank of the Netherlands to run a £60m (E87m) custody mandate.
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Campina wins legal battle over pension cuts
NETHERLANDS – Dutch dairy cooperative Campina rightfully cut the pensions of thousands of pensioners in 2004, a Dutch high court has ruled.
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Henderson’s Benelux director Go leaves
NETHERLANDS – Paul Go, asset manager and director Benelux of Henderson Global Investors in Amsterdam, has left.
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Philips introduces global pension risk model
NETHERLANDS – Philips, the Dutch electronics giant, has developed a ‘global risk reward model’ which will monitor the risk exposure at its pension funds.
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Campina scheme appoints fiduciary manager
NETHERLANDS - The pension fund of Dutch cooperative dairy giant Campina has appointed Goldman Sachs Asset Management as fiduciary manager of a €350m mandate.
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Hammonds wins Cleanaway pensions business
UK - Cleanaway, the European waste management company, is to be advised by international law firm Hammonds on its occupational pensions schemes.
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ABP-backed infrastructure fund reaches €750m
UK – The pan-European infrastructure fund of Macquarie Bank Group, which is backed by institutional investors such as Dutch pension fund ABP, says it is on target to achieve E1bn before its final close later in the year.
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PGGM names Bos as Munsters’ successor
NETHERLANDS – PGGM, Hollland’s second-largest pension fund, has appointed Else Bos as chief investment officer and executive director – taking over from Roderick Munsters, who is joining ABP.
