IPE's Netherlands Coverage – Page 143
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Dutch watchdog touts UFR's success in softening pension rights cuts
NETHERLANDS – Number of schemes cutting pension rights drops from 103 last year to 70.
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NewsTwo more Dutch pension funds agree to inflation compensation
NETHERLANDS – Douwe Egberts scheme grants active participants 3% 'additional indexation'.
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News'Improving sentiment' lifts 2012 return at KLM pension fund to 15.8%
NETHERLANDS – €2bn scheme sees broad recovery across several asset classes.
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NewsPension deficits skyrocket for Dutch multinationals under IFRS
NETHERLANDS – Combined shortfall jumps from €7bn to €30bn using international reporting standards.
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NewsDNB orders glass scheme to offload non-euro government paper
NETHERLANDS – Regulator controversially ordered same scheme to slash gold allocation in 2011.
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NewsDutch scheme warns it may need to cut pension rights by 19%
NETHERLANDS – Pension fund in merger talks with larger industry-wide schemes.
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NewsDutch regulator seeks to 'economise' pension arrangements for employees
NETHERLANDS – Mandate involves development of new arrangement, advising on negotiations with unions.
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NewsPension fund for KLM pilots bucks trend in granting full indexation
NETHERLANDS – Scheme boasted coverage ratio of nearly 130% at end of last year.
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NewsDutch pension funds increase euro-zone exposure by 5% in Q3
NETHERLANDS – Regulator's figures show increasing interest in French, German markets.
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Dutch metal scheme PMT to increase contribution by 2%
NETHERLANDS – Beleaguered fund has already announced rights cut of 7% in April 2013.
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NewsPension fund for Dutch civil servants to increase contribution to 25.4%
NETHERLANDS – Cites increasing life expectancy, 'developments' among participants.
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NewsPFZW to stand by indexation promise in pensions contract
NETHERLANDS – Scheme 'prepared' for switch from nominal contract to plan based on real terms.
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NewsDutch pension fund to liquidate, merge with €34.5bn BpfBOUW
NETHERLANDS – Scheme for concrete-processing industry 'too small to operate independently'.
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NewsPension fund for Dutch notaries to cut pension rights again
NETHERLANDS – SNPF, which cut rights by 2% last year, to cut rights again by at least 5.8%.
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NewsOpaque Dutch pension system shifting towards DC – CPB
NETHERLANDS – Deputy director says industry must do more to improve benefit transparency.
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NewsPNO returns 12.1% year to date, but rights cut still on cards
NETHERLANDS – UFR, returns boost coverage ratio by 6.5 percentage points to 95.3%.
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NewsABP: New Dutch government's plans could slash pensions
NETHERLANDS – Scheme criticises plans to cap tax relief for pension savings.
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NewsDiscount rate remains stumbling block for Dutch pensions package
NETHERLANDS – Industry figures question credibility of 'ultimate forward rate'.
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NewsEquity rally props up Dutch funding, finds DNB
NETHERLANDS – Figures from regulator show rise in coverage ratio from strengthened equity markets.
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NewsPension fund for Dutch notaries to reconsider its independence
NETHERLANDS – Funding ratio drops to 89% despite 10.3% return on investments in 2011.
