IPE's Netherlands Coverage – Page 71
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NewsPensions minister confident of agreement on Dutch system reform
Union FNV sceptical about progress in negotiations over a new pensions contract
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Dutch retailer’s scheme boosts funding despite hedging loss
Allocations to alternatives and emerging market debt brought in returns of more than 18% each
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Netherlands roundup: Researchers’ scheme divests from tobacco [updated]
Also: Regulator to probe large schemes’ IT and operational risks; KAS Bank strikes agreement with SimCorp
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Looming trade war fears ‘hurt Dutch scheme funding levels’
Funding fell by at least 2% on average in March, according to Mercer and Aon Hewitt estimates
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NewsNetherlands roundup: Insurer to pull out of DB contracts with employers
Also: Parliament criticises proposals for merging schemes; no new rules for domestic investments
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Country ReportConsultants steering trustees towards own fiduciary services, says CMA
Competition watchdog admits that it is ‘not straightforward to say how the practices might impact competition’
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Special Report
Innovation: How to rebuild trust in pensions
Technology and customer-service are central to rebuilding trust in pension systems
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APG offloads DC administration subsidiary to IT firm RiskCo
RiskCo targets 1m participants within five years after tripling its customer base
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NewsCampaign group urges ABP to vote for carbon-free Shell
Scientists argue that Shell’s promises aren’t sufficient to meet Paris climate targets
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Dutch politicians threaten to legislate for pension board diversity
Schemes have failed to deliver on promise made in code for pension funds, argues D66
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NewsAchmea back in profit after ditching industry schemes
Syntrus Achmea Pensioenbeheer incurred annual losses of up to €40m during the past decade
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NewsNetherlands roundup: Parliament won’t force pensions on self-employed
Plus: Pension funds reject supervisory funding plan; Sustainalytics takes over Solaron
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Dutch funding framework ‘has met most targets’, says minister
Wouter Koolmees says pension industry has reacted positively to funding rules introduced in 2015
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NewsNorit pension fund to join agricultural sector scheme to avoid cuts
Earlier effort to join multi-sector scheme PGB failed because of high costs
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Unions pull representatives from Dutch scheme’s oversight board
Board of dental technicians’ sector scheme refuses to work with current accountability body
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NewsPGGM: Pension funds should engage firms on long term strategy
Companies prefer engagement with pension funds to short-term shareholders
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NewsLiability-matching portfolios ‘should also generate returns’
Panellists at Pensioen Pro conference call for Dutch government to issue inflation-linked bonds
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NewsDutch housing scheme develops financial dashboard proposition
Online program developed in partnership with APG and Ortec Finance
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Country ReportRevised fee structure helps Russian funds’ long-term investments
Russia passes law on fee structure and introducing fiduciary responsibilities
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Dutch schemes’ exodus from hedge funds continues
Combined investment in hedge funds falls to €23.6bn as returns fail to meet expectations
