IPE's Netherlands Coverage – Page 148
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NewsDutch pension funds return 6.4% in first half
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds returned 6.4% over the first six months of the year, according to State Street Investment Analytics.
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NewsLow interest rates cancel out strong returns at largest Dutch schemes
NETHERLANDS – The four largest Dutch pension funds saw their coverage ratios drop during the third quarter – despite strong returns – due to the sharp drop in long-term interest rates.
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FeaturesNetherlands: Towards constitutional rights
Two major reports on pensions set a challenge for the incoming Dutch government, writes Liam Kennedy
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NewsAdjustment of existing Dutch pension contracts 'inevitable', experts say
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds' existing pension contracts will have to be adjusted to have enough impact on the financial position of funds with shortfalls, risk management experts have claimed.
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NewsInterest hedge sweeps Dutch cleaners pension scheme
NETHERLANDS – The €1.8bn pension fund for cleaners and window cleaners saw its 14% return on investments fall by 7.7 percentage points, largely due to its 75% hedge of the interest risk on its liabilities.
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NewsDonner: Reinsurance still offers added value to Dutch schemes
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds may continue to reinsure their risk with insurance companies as the practice still offers added value, according to social affairs minister Piet Hein Donner.
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NewsDutch fund PFZW prepares for premiums rise, rights cuts
NETHERLANDS – The PFZW's 1.2m active participants may face a contributions increase of 2.5% – to a total of 25.6% of their pensionable salary – if the €96.5bn healthcare scheme fails to recover sufficiently, it said.
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NewsShortfall threatens entire Dutch pension system, says regulator
NETHERLANDS – Allowing shortfalls for a prolonged period will jeopardise the continuity of the entire Dutch pension system because young workers will try to escape the present pension contract if they must foot a disproportionately large part of the bill, according to pension supervisor De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB).
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NewsDutch coverage ratios showing signs of recovery
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds' average coverage ratio has bounced back by 3% to 6% after reaching dramatic lows at the end of last month, according to consultants.
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NewsLow interest rates cause Dutch coverage ratios to plummet
NETHERLANDS – Europe's second-largest pension fund, ABP, has said its coverage ratio fell to 88% in August and attributed the drop on historically low interest rates.
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The Netherlands: A plan for pensions
At the invitation of IPE’s Dutch sister publication IPN in June, writes Mariska van der Westen, over 80 pension funds and consultants joined experts to discuss the challenges facing the Dutch pension sector.
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The Netherlands: Not an easy game
Anton van Nunen examines why pension fund-owned fiduciary managers have been less successful than other competitors
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The Netherlands: A new Dutch IORP
Wilfried Mulder and Hans van Meerten outline the Netherlands’ planned new fund vehicle, the PPI
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The Netherlands: Who will take up the challenge?
It is widely hoped that the introduction of the multi-OPF will offer smaller corporate funds a means to survive in a complex investment environment. Mariska van der Westen asks who will partake?
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Country ReportThe Netherlands: Still a popular choice
Fiduciary management is still gaining ground in the Netherlands, and pension funds believe themselves to be in control despite delegating to a one-stop shop service provider, according to the third annual fiduciary management survey of 26 Dutch pension funds of our Dutch sister publication IPN. The funds vary in size ...
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Supervisors' criticism leads chairman of Dutch notaries scheme to resign
NETHERLANDS – The chairman of the occupational pension fund for Dutch notaries (SNPF) has stepped down, following serious criticism from both internal supervisors and the accountability body on how the executive board is run.
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NewsCoverage ratio for €27.6bn Dutch fund bpfBouw falls below minimum
NETHERLANDS – The €27.6bn pension fund for the Dutch building industry, bpfBouw, returned 0.7% on investments during the second quarter, but saw its coverage ratio fall to 104.5%, less than the required minimum.
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NewsDutch butchers lose returns to interest hedge
NETHERLANDS – The €1.3bn pension fund for the Dutch meat industry returned 9.2% on investments last year but lost 5 percentage points of its return to its interest rate hedge following the rise in long-term interest rates last year.
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Dutch schemes have 'huge potential' for efficiency through consolidation
NETHERLANDS – Pension funds in the Netherlands can significantly improve their efficiency through consolidation, a comparative study of 90 large pension funds in Holland, the US, Canada and Australia suggested.
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NewsSupervisors blast executive board at €945m Dutch scheme
NETHERLANDS – The internal supervisors of the €945m occupational pension fund for Dutch notaries (SNPF) has blasted the executive board's performance in 2009.
