IPE's Netherlands Coverage – Page 20
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NewsDutch pension investors demand AGM vote on sustainability report
Schemes want legislation compelling companies to allow a vote on sustainability reports
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NewsPME and PMT invest another €150m in venture capital investor
The two Dutch pension schemes also invested €75m each in Innovation Industries’ previous tech-focused fund
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NewsDivestment has only limited impact on pension funds’ carbon footprint
Most of the reduction in carbon emissions can be explained by existing portfolio companies emitting fewer CO2, according to a study by Dutch pension regulator DNB
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NewsInterest rate rises propel Dutch pension fund losses to record high
Pension funds in the Netherlands lost some €300bn on their interest rate hedges in 2022, according to estimates
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NewsLow Countries’ COVID recovery funds contingent on pension reform
The Netherlands and Belgium must push through reforms to their pension systems to receive COVID recovery grants from Brussels
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NewsDutch lump sum option postponed yet again
The introduction of a lump sum option for retirees, originally planned for 1 January 2022, will now be postponed to 2024
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NewsDutch ‘early bird’ schemes delay pension transition plans
Pension funds that had planned to transition to the new DC system in 2024 are delaying their plans due to lack of capacity with their administrators
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NewsDutch pension funds ask government to pay for supervisory cost increases
Additional supervisory costs related to the pension transition should be financed by tax payers rather than pension funds, according to Dutch social partners
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NewsPension funds must improve ESG risk management, says Dutch regulator
Schemes fail to make clear the relationship between ESG goals and risk management, according to DNB
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NewsDutch pension law heads to Senate after parliamentary approval
The Netherlands’s Second Chamber approved the law just before Christmas with a comfortable majority
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NewsMN commits €400m to M&G European living property fund
MN, the asset manager of Dutch pension funds PMT and PME, has committed €400m to the newly launched M&G Real Estate European Living Property Fund
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Special ReportDC Pensions: Dutch pension funds grapple with member choice decisions
Member choice will be central after Dutch pension reform, at least in theory
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InterviewsDutch medical specialists: focus on healthy pensions
Marcel Roberts (right), CIO, and Ravien Sewtahal, investment manager of SPMS, the Dutch pension fund for medical specialists, talk to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about risk management and sustainability
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: Why and how we need to change the conversation about pension reform
In their new book, Power and Prediction, on the disruptive economics of artificial intelligence (AI), authors Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb write about the ‘between times’ between an important new discovery and the time it takes for that discovery to go mainstream. In 1879, Thomas Edison demonstrated the potential of the electric light bulb to change the world, yet 20 years later only 3% of US households had electricity. It would take another 20 years for that number to reach 50% of the population. For electricity the ‘between times’ were 40 years. This prompted the authors to wonder how long the ‘between times’ will be for AI.
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Dutch pension giant ABP to cut investments by half in net zero drive
Hollands largest pension fund will focus on companies making committed pledges to decarbonisation
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New Dutch pension law approved after years of delay
The vote came late last night after much deliberation
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ABP targets 50% absolute CO2 reduction by 2030
To reach its goal, the Dutch civil scheme will reduce its investable universe excluding companies harmful to the environment
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NewsDutch opposition moves to support pension changes
GroenLinks and PvdA give the switch to DC “the benefit of doubt” as the government has pledged to do more to increase the number of people accruing a pension
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PMT earmarks €10bn for impact investing by 2030
The goal means the Dutch metals industry scheme will have to find €8bn worth of impact investments in the next eight years
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Dutch pension benefits up to 40% higher in new system
Especially younger people benefit from the switch to DC because there will no longer be a need for buffers, according to calculations by pension regulator DNB
