IPE's Netherlands Coverage – Page 3
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AnalysisDutch pension funds keep increasing interest rate hedges
Funds increasingly want to protect their funding ratios in the run-up to the pension transition and see an opportunity to lock in rates at current high levels
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InterviewsInvestors poised to raise fixed-income allocations
European institutions discuss their strategies for fixed income, which is finally attracting capital as central banks reach the end of the hiking cycle
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NewsDutch pensions minister warns against consequences of referendums
New political party NSC, which is currently in negotiations to form a government, wants all pension funds to organise a referendum on the transition from DB to DC
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NewsDutch harbour pilots to see 8% pension rise in new system
The rise is applicable at the fund’s current funding ratio of 121%
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NewsNBIM extends long-running Niger Delta engagement with Shell, Eni
Norwegian SWF says ‘still a forward-looking risk of norm violation’ by the oil companies
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NewsMismatch between Dutch funds’ SDG demands and investment opportunities
Bonds that finance projects that contribute to SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), Life below Water and Life on Land (SDGs 14 and 15) are especially hard to find
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NewsRegulator fines Dutch retail scheme for communication mishaps
Pensioenfonds Detailhandel has accepted the €136,000 fine, but claims the regulator’s conclusions were ‘too firm’ and were based on too little information
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NewsDutch rail pension fund selects Amundi’s ALTO Investment platform
Rail & OV will leverage the ALTO platform to manage direct assets and consolidate delegated assets representing approximately €23bn in total
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NewsDutch central bank brings investments in line with Paris Agreement
DNB has been urging pension funds to better account for climate risk in their investment policies for years, and is now putting its money where its mouth is
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NewsDutch pension fund PMT sells most fossil fuel holdings
Metals industry scheme remains invested in nine oil and gas companies with ‘sufficiently convincing plans’ for the energy transition, including Shell
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NewsBpfBouw crowned most sustainable Dutch pension fund
The scheme for the Dutch construction sector has taken the first place from ABP
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InterviewsABP is too big to be an active investor, says president
The Netherlands’ largest pension fund is switching from an all-active investment strategy to index investing
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NewsPension reform to continue despite election result, says Dutch minister
According to Carola Schouten, pension funds and their administrators must continue preparing for the switch to DC
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AnalysisShock Dutch election result throws pension reform into doubt
The election’s big winner PVV wants to scrap the new pension law and retain a defined benefit system
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AnalysisGrandfathering option will make Dutch pension transition successful, says Agnes Joseph
The pension actuary turned politician has made the pension reforms a prominent topic in the campaign for parliamentary elections to be held this Wednesday
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NewsNetherlands violates freedom of movement principle, ECJ rules
The verdict means that Dutch workers who move to another EU country should now be able to take their pension with them without having to pay taxes on the accrued capital
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NewsDutch pension sector fears double-digit admin cost rise ahead of election
A further delay to the pension transition deadline, which has already been pushed forward several times, would indeed be ‘unavoidable’ if the new pension law is changed
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Opinion PiecesElection result is bad news for the pension sector
NSC, the new political party that made headlines in this publication with its controversial plan to block pension funds from converting DB pensions to DC without explicit consent from members, did not win the landslide victory that many pension executives feared. But they probably did not get a good night’s sleep anyway.
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NewsDutch pension funds fear ‘ill-fated idea’ to grandfather accruals
Agnes Joseph, the Dutch pension actuary turned politician, is facing stiff resitance from the pensions industry over her plan to change the new pension law
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AnalysisThe pension consolidation masters: learning from the Netherlands
What can other countries learn from the Netherlands about pension fund consolidation?
