IPE's Netherlands Coverage – Page 141
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NewsBoard to step down at Dutch pension fund for pharmacists over probe
NETHERLANDS – Board, rank-and-file members disagree on best organisation to conduct investigation.
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NewsFirst-quarter results boost funding at largest Dutch pension schemes
NETHERLANDS – ABP attributes 3.6% Q1 return to developed-country equity holdings.
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NewsKLM scheme boosts funding, but falls short of buffer target
NETHERLANDS – Cites US government's avoidance of 'fiscal cliff' for strong Q1 equity returns.
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NewsDutch pension fund assets top €1trn
NETHERLANDS – Aon Hewitt questions sustainability of UFR in long term, as coverage ratios rise.
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NewsDutch stick with risk-free discount rate despite pension fund pressure
NETHERLANDS – Ministry of Social Affairs aims to ensure 'all generations' can count on pension.
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The Netherlands: Regime change
Uncertainty is unsettling the Dutch pension fund industry as a new pension framework takes shape, finds Nina Röhrbein
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The Netherlands: Is this what our system needs?
Dutch pension reforms are constantly shortsighted. To be sustainable the system needs vision and decisiveness, argues Corine Hoekstra
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Country ReportThe Netherlands: It’s not easy to get right
Cees Harm van den Berg and Gerard Roelofs find that the UFR has led to heightened awareness of interest rate risk and many funds have changed their hedging policy.
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The Netherlands: Mixed views on risk factors
Allocation based on risk factors rather than traditional asset categories is gaining traction, says Miranda Schoutsen, but some investors are wondering whether the old ways are not better
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The Netherlands: Sky-high success
André de Vos spoke with Toine van der Stee of Blue Sky Group, the manager of the KLM pension funds
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The Netherlands: The integral concept survives
Anton van Nunen assesses recent discussions on fiduciary mandates and argues against splitting risk from asset management
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NewsAchmea remains wary of 'unsustainable' defined benefit products
NETHERLANDS – Dutch insurer says it will continue to 'withdraw' from guaranteed products.
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NewsPNO Media reports 15.2% return on back of equity portfolio
NETHERLANDS – Coverage ratio fails to improve beyond 95.6% reported at year-end, however.
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NewsFixed income portfolio helps ING pension fund return 14.4%
NETHERLANDS – Scheme cites negative US market sentiment, dollar depreciation for loss on equities.
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NewsDutch scheme attributes woeful coverage ratio to age of participants
NETHERLANDS – Royal Leerdam pension fund struggling to keep pace with 'extremely long' liabilities.
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NewsRoyal Leerdam among hardest hit as Dutch cuts bite
NETHERLANDS – Glass manufacturer reports lowest funding in list of 50 schemes facing rights cuts.
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NewsPension fund for Dutch printing industry returns 13%
NETHERLANDS – PGB cites effectiveness of 'defensive' investment policy.
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ING ordered to pay pension fund for inflation compensation
NETHERLANDS – Arbitrators reject company’s ‘serious grounds’ for refusing payment.
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NewsDutch pension funds' coverage ratios slide in January
NETHERLANDS – Aon Hewitt, Mercer highlight impact of UFR, RTS on liabilities.
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Longevity drags down Philips coverage ratio despite strong returns
NETHERLANDS – Scheme says participants’ life expectancy has exceeded national average.
