IPE's Netherlands Coverage – Page 120
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Technology company Philips warns of funding shortfall at pension scheme
Pension fund laments combined effect of falling interest rates, new FTK and riskier investment mix
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Bond-valuation changes in FTK will impact buffers, actuaries warn
State secretary for Social Affairs removes initial risk surcharge on AAA government bonds
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ABP draws on neuromarketing to 'revolutionise' member communications
Dutch pension fund carries out specially commissioned neuromarketing research to make communications to members more effective
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Aegon reaps benefits of Dutch residential mortgage boom
Syntrus Achmea, DMFCO also report strong growth in residential-mortgage vehicles
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Larger Dutch schemes pay more for asset management, survey shows
LCP reveals findings of survey on Dutch pension funds’ asset management fees
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NewsRevised IORP II Directive ‘at odds’ with proposed Capital Markets Union
Latest draft’s removal of all mentions of using delegated acts could lead to significant delays in IORP II implementation, law firm warns
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Pension fund for Dutch vets moves to shore up dwindling support
Occupational scheme for veterinary surgeons to introduce new pension plan
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Dutch pension fund to invest 5% of assets in residential mortgages
Asset class offers better returns than euro-denominated bonds against ‘very limited’ additional risk, scheme says
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Printing industry fund PGB returns insufficient for indexation
Dutch scheme says quarterly returns of 3.8% not sufficient to boost coverage. as it falls below 105%
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Dutch engineering firms to merge into multi-company fund
Planned consolidation of scheme assets follows mergers of Royal Haskoning and DHV in 2012
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NewsPostNL scheme gains 3.3% in third quarter, as TNO returns 4.6%
Dutch schemes continue to report decline in funding, despite robust returns across asset classes
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Funding drop of at least 3 percentage points ahead, Dutch schemes warned
Decline comes as interest rates contine to slide, in wake of worsening funding at largest Dutch funds
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Cleaning scheme Orsima in merger talks with industry-wide fund
Scheme cites comparatively high cost per paticipant as driving force behind the negotiations to join €2.9bn BPF Schoonmaak
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KLM scheme to divest from Russia
€7bn pension scheme cites both market and country risk as reasons for divestment as it announces quarterly returns
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PFZW and Landbouw lead Dutch sustainable investment ranking
Schemes for employees of ABN Amro and KLM last on list of nearly 50 pension schemes
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Bernardino backs pensions stakeholder group amid merger concerns
EIOPA chairman personally backs separate pensions and insurance working groups in wake of Commission review
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NewsDutch pension funds must report funding in real terms under new FTK
Parliament says schemes must show pension target in relation to financial position
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EIOPA's 'grandfathering' could see pension schemes exempt from HBS
Possibility of exempting accrued and accruing benefits from balance sheet approach could significantly reduce impact, says Aon Hewitt
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Low interest rates drag Dutch schemes back into underfunded positions
Three of Netherlands’ largest pension funds fail to achieve minimum funding, with participants ‘paying price’ for Europe’s low rates
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New HBS approach to increase transparency – Clifford Chance
Dutch Pensions Federation sceptical of EIOPA’s principles-based approach to holistic balance sheet
