IPE's Netherlands Coverage – Page 144
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NewsCoverage of Dutch schemes further down in July, says Mercer
NETHERLANDS – Slight decrease comes despite average equity portfolios returning 3%.
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Total's Dutch scheme predicts further rights cuts as funding dips 9%
NETHERLANDS – Despite 7% returns boosted by interest rate hedge, fund warns of two further cuts.
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NewsFunding falls at Philips, KLM pension funds despite positive returns
NETHERLANDS – Schemes attribute worsening financial positions to falling interest rates.
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NewsPension fund for Dutch grocery sector thrives after portfolio change
Matching portfolio at €2.4bn industry-wide scheme returns nearly 58% over last six months.
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News€2.4bn Dutch pension fund abandons hedge funds after loss
TNO's hedge fund portfolio records 7.2% loss, underperforming benchmark by more than 13%.
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NewsKLM pension fund makes first foray into private equity
€6.5bn scheme for airline flying staff to limit allocation to 4%, set strict quality requirements.
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Rabobank pension fund credits extensive hedging policy for 15% return
2011 return almost entirely down to interest, equity, inflation and currency hedges.
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NewsPension rights cut of 6% increasingly likely, warns PME
€30bn Dutch metal scheme sees coverage ratio fall to 88% in second quarter.
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NewsMany Dutch schemes facing cuts if recovery stalls – Pensions Federation
ABP, PME, PMT and PFZW all report falling coverage ratios in second-quarter reports.
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NewsPFZW expecting rights cut after coverage ratio falls to 92%
Director concedes that €119bn Dutch healthcare scheme 'not in good shape'.
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NewsFunding ratios at Dutch pension schemes plummet in June
Ratio for €8bn retail industry scheme falls by more than 11 percentage points in single month.
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NewsCoverage ratio at Dutch pension fund VLEP drops to 78.2%
More austerity measures might be needed to achieve required minimum ratio, scheme warns.
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NewsJumbo blasted for 'refusing' to plug deficit at Super de Boer scheme
FNV says Jumbo committed to 'maintaining connection' with scheme after 2009 acquisition.
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NewsDutch final salary pension schemes a dying breed after ING's DC deal
Dutch financial services group to offer 'collective DC' pensions arrangement in 2014.
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NewsFunding levels at Dutch pension schemes fall by 5 percentage points
Some larger funds could be forced into making benefit cuts, Mercer warns.
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NewsDutch pension funds at risk of 'nationalisation', expert warns
Professor Jean Frijns says politicians will seek to gain control over allocation of pension assets.
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NewsAverage Dutch funding down to 95%, says Aon Hewitt
Consultants Aon Hewitt, Mercer see decline in funding ratios as euro swap rate falls.
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NewsDutch paint scheme to merge with €12.5bn PGB
Scheme for paint industry to merge as rights cuts fail to improve coverage ratio.
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NewsDutch investment fund equities return 8.2% in first quarter
Funds generated return on government bonds – mainly from euro-zone – of 2.1%, regulator says.
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Dutch pension fund PDN reshuffles assets with new risk policy
Divides assets into matching, return and inflation portfolios to reduce scheme’s financial risk.
