IPE's Netherlands Coverage – Page 48
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‘Changing discount rate could destroy pension system’, warns Dutch PM
Mark Rutte warns a major change to the discount rate could discourage younger people from saving – but government vows to battle ‘unnecessary’ pension cuts
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NewsChart of the Week: The best place in the world to retire is...
… Iceland, which narrowly beat Switzerland, according to Natixis Investment Managers’ annual Global Retirement Index
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Weak funding levels are a threat to reform, says Dutch Pensions Federation
Schemes lack the cash to compensate older workers for a transition from average to degressive pensions accrual, says the industry trade body
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MN appoints Martijn Scholten as new CIO
Scholten has worked for MN since 2003 and replaces Gerald Cartigny, who has moved to Goldman Sachs
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Netherlands roundup: BpfBouw appoints fiduciary for property investments
Also: €8.6bn postal scheme PostNL allocates 2% to green bonds via NN Investment Partners mandate
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Tailoring investment strategies ‘can benefit members’, says Dutch regulator
DNB says that the benefits would apply to all available pension arrangements being considered as part of reforms to the Dutch system
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Aegon pushes for DC switch for Dutch staff
Continuing with DB arrangements would cause a disproportionate increase in costs, according to the insurer – but other options are limited
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NewsABP and PFZW headed for early pension cuts as funding level crashes
Collapsing interest rates caused funding to fall through the minimum level of 90%, meaning millions of Dutch savers face pension cuts from next year
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NewsLCP questions high performance fees paid by ailing Dutch schemes
ABP and PFZW paid out €1.4bn in performance fees over five years – but could still cut pension payments
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APG, PGGM to launch sustainable investing platform for asset owners
The artificial intelligence-based vehicle will assess potential sustainable development investments and has already earned the support of big investors such as USS
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Dutch Pensions Federation clashes with regulator on governance overkill
Industry organisation fears ‘unnecessary and costly’ changes from De Nederlandsche Bank while it is dealing with serious funding problems
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Netherlands roundup: KAS Bank sacks BlackRock from €100m mandate
Plus: The €700m Equens pension fund has opted to transfer to Centraal Beheer, insurance company Achmea’s consolidator subsidiary
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Dutch Pensions Federation rings alarm bells over looming disaster [updated]
Industry organisation calls for urgent consultations between minister and pensions sector to prevent serious damage to system
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Netherlands roundup: TKP to reorganise back and middle office
Also: PostNL appoints BNP Paribas Securities Services as custodian and administrator for €8.6bn scheme
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Dutch Hewlett Packard scheme dumps hedge funds, scales back equities
These and other changes mark the completion of an asset mix overhaul by the €2bn pension fund
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Collapsing interest rates put Dutch schemes in danger zone
The 30-year swap rate dropped by 43 basis points in August, leading to the average coverage ratio falling from 102% to 98%
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Dutch schemes seek to divest stake in €140m agricultural land fund
Investment fund is too small and its risk management needs improving, say industry funds for agriculture and veterinarians
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InterviewsStrategically speaking: APG
If people ask Peter Branner why he moved from Sweden to the Netherlands to run the asset management arm of APG he might tell them that he is in effect chief investment officer for more than a quarter of the Dutch population
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Special ReportNetherlands: Transition path to a new system
The latest agreements between stakeholders and a relaxation of rules bring pension reform closer
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NewsFunding level at large Dutch funds reaches critical limit
The funding level of industry-wide pension funds in the Netherlands fell to an average of 96.9% in July, according to DNB, with five below the critical 94.7% level
