All De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) articles – Page 2
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NewsDutch pension funds cannot reduce risk without limits, says regulator
Many Dutch schemes plan to dial down investment risk to protect their funding ratios in the run-up to the pension transition
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NewsPeople moves: Dutch regulator names head of pension supervision
Plus: TPT hires head of DC distribution; Pensions for Purpose appoint non-exec director
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NewsDutch schemes remaining in DB required to explain decision, says regulator
According to DNB, pension funds risk going along too easily with employer demands to retain a DB arrangement and close for new accruals
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NewsDutch pension funds well prepared for liquidity crunch, say regulators
The switch to obligatory central clearing will increase liquidity needs while the transition to DC will likely have the reverse effect, according to regulators DNB and AFM
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NewsDutch central bank brings investments in line with Paris Agreement
DNB has been urging pension funds to better account for climate risk in their investment policies for years, and is now putting its money where its mouth is
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NewsDutch pension funds in the dark on ESG risks, says DNB
The lack of ESG risk management contrast with three quarters of pension funds that now have named a specific person in the board to be responsible for ESG
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NewsDutch pension funds move hundreds of billions in assets to mandates
Investing via mandates makes it easier for pension funds to implement their sustainability policies
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NewsSuperior investment returns for largest Dutch pension funds – research
However, large funds’ higher investment returns are undone fully by their lower interest rate hedges
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NewsGreen bonds ‘disproportionately popular’ among pension funds – study
Pension funds also display lower price elasticity than other investors when it comes to green bonds
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NewsLower indexation in new Dutch DC system, finds Aegon AM
Pensioners would have received between 1.5% and 3.6% in indexation in 2023 if the new DC system had already been in place, says the asset manager
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NewsRegulator allows Dutch pension funds to split DC transition into three parts
The plan should give pension schemes time to make adjustments on the basis of DNB’s findings, should this be necessary, says Cindy van Oorschot
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NewsDutch pension providers welcome additional year for DC implementation
Dutch social partners had spoken out against any delays beyond 2027, but now say they can live with the postponement
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NewsDutch pension funds lose 8.6% on real estate investments in 2022
Stripping out the currency gains, losses on listed real estate would have amounted to 26.5%
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NewsAPG struggles with 2027 pension transition deadline
Its own planning schedule is hard to reconcile with demands set by the regulator, according to the Netherlands’ largest pension administrator
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NewsDutch pension federation slams over-inquisitive regulator over pension transition policy
DNB also gives itself excessive discretionary power to block the transition of pension funds to the new DC system, according to Pensioenfederatie
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NewsDivestment has only limited impact on pension funds’ carbon footprint
Most of the reduction in carbon emissions can be explained by existing portfolio companies emitting fewer CO2, according to a study by Dutch pension regulator DNB
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NewsDutch pension funds ask government to pay for supervisory cost increases
Additional supervisory costs related to the pension transition should be financed by tax payers rather than pension funds, according to Dutch social partners
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NewsPension funds must improve ESG risk management, says Dutch regulator
Schemes fail to make clear the relationship between ESG goals and risk management, according to DNB
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Dutch pension benefits up to 40% higher in new system
Especially younger people benefit from the switch to DC because there will no longer be a need for buffers, according to calculations by pension regulator DNB
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Dutch pension funds keep investing in green bonds despite market rout
In contrast, pension schemes’ exposure to regular bonds has decreased by some €200bn this year
