IPE's Netherlands Coverage – Page 146
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The Netherlands: Count the cost
An AFM report has revealed that Dutch pension funds are spending up to £3bn a year on hidden asset management costs, reports Mariska van der Westen
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The Netherlands: Pension deal - the industry reacts
The long-awaited Dutch pension reform agreement has drawn both praise and criticism from the industry, reports Mariska van der Westen
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The Netherlands: Yeah baby, yeah
Tim Burggraaf assesses the Dutch market for PPI structures
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News€29bn pension scheme for building industry returns 1.2% in second quarter
€5bn pension fund for telecoms provider KPN reports 0.9% return on global equities.
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News€7bn pension scheme for doctors seeks partner for provider
SPH on lookout for strategic partner for its own provider DPFS due to 'turbulence'.
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News€750m Siemens pension fund joins industry-wide scheme PME
Siemens Netherlands had been exempted from mandatory participation in scheme.
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The Netherlands: United in face of challenges
The financial crisis triggered closer co-operation between the three Dutch pension fund organisations. In November last year the Pension Federation became the single external voice of all 550 Dutch pension schemes, as director Gerard Riemen, explains to Leen Preesman
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The Netherlands: The yin and yang of investing
De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) advocates strict separation of risk management and fiduciary management. But Lodewijk van Pol, head of fiduciary management at Lombard Odier, argues that risk management and fiduciary management are joined together at the hip and that is just the way it should be
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The Netherlands: Each to its own
Last year, social affairs and labour ministry director general Maarten Camps hinted that the new FTK would take on a dual character. He talks to Miranda Schoutsen about the form the framework will take
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The Netherlands: DNB to tighten supervision
Mariska van der Westen outlines the agenda of the Dutch pension fund supervisors
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Country ReportThe Netherlands: Panic football or a long game?
Dutch opinion is divided over the regulatory reaction to the recent financial shocks, find Liam Kennedy and Mariska van der Westen. Whatever the outcome of the planned overhaul to the FTK, good communication will be essential
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The Netherlands: The right risks
Mariska van der Westen discussed longevity and other risks with Peter Borgdorff, director of the Dutch healthcare fund PFZW
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News
Ortec, Cardano point to 'grave miscalculations' in Zembla story
Experts say TV news programme’s estimate for the Dutch pension system’s shortfall are off by as much as €650bn.
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NewsKLM pension schemes buck trend to grant full indexation
NETHERLANDS – All three of KLM's pension funds have said they will grant indexation on 1 January 2011, following improved coverage ratios during the past quarter.
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NewsOfficial Dutch longevity predictions undercut actuaries
NETHERLANDS – Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has estimated a less drastic increase in longevity for the Dutch population than previously forecast by the Actuarial Society (AG).
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NewsDutch pension funds now hold more than €675bn in assets
NETHERLANDS – The combined assets of Dutch pension funds have grown from €649bn at year-end 2009 to €675bn during the third quarter, with €300bn allocated to fixed income and €216bn invested in equity, according to financial supervisor De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB).
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NewsDutch political party reports Smit board for 'defrauding' pension fund
NETHERLANDS – 50PLUS, a new Dutch political party for the elderly, has reported three board members at maritime services company Smit Internationale to the public prosecutor for defrauding its own pension fund.
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Interest hedge lifts SPW's third-quarter return to 8.2%
NETHERLANDS – SPW, the €6bn pension fund for Dutch housing corporations, returned 5.4% on investments and another 3.8% from its interest hedge during the third quarter.
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NewsDutch metal scheme PMT facing benefits cuts
NETHERLANDS – The €37bn Dutch metal scheme PMT is on course to cut pension benefits during the next round of measures, as its current coverage ratio nears the critical level.
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NewsPension schemes for Hero complete Netherlands' first buy-in deal
NETHERLANDS – The pension schemes for food manufacturer Hero have completed the Netherlands' first pension buy-in, leading to calls that the method could be used as a stepping stone to completing a buy-out and liquidating pension schemes.
