IPE's Netherlands Coverage – Page 146
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NewsTwo more Dutch pension funds agree to inflation compensation
NETHERLANDS – Douwe Egberts scheme grants active participants 3% 'additional indexation'.
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News'Improving sentiment' lifts 2012 return at KLM pension fund to 15.8%
NETHERLANDS – €2bn scheme sees broad recovery across several asset classes.
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NewsPension deficits skyrocket for Dutch multinationals under IFRS
NETHERLANDS – Combined shortfall jumps from €7bn to €30bn using international reporting standards.
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NewsDNB orders glass scheme to offload non-euro government paper
NETHERLANDS – Regulator controversially ordered same scheme to slash gold allocation in 2011.
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NewsDutch scheme warns it may need to cut pension rights by 19%
NETHERLANDS – Pension fund in merger talks with larger industry-wide schemes.
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NewsDutch regulator seeks to 'economise' pension arrangements for employees
NETHERLANDS – Mandate involves development of new arrangement, advising on negotiations with unions.
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NewsPension fund for KLM pilots bucks trend in granting full indexation
NETHERLANDS – Scheme boasted coverage ratio of nearly 130% at end of last year.
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NewsDutch pension funds increase euro-zone exposure by 5% in Q3
NETHERLANDS – Regulator's figures show increasing interest in French, German markets.
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Dutch metal scheme PMT to increase contribution by 2%
NETHERLANDS – Beleaguered fund has already announced rights cut of 7% in April 2013.
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NewsPension fund for Dutch civil servants to increase contribution to 25.4%
NETHERLANDS – Cites increasing life expectancy, 'developments' among participants.
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NewsPFZW to stand by indexation promise in pensions contract
NETHERLANDS – Scheme 'prepared' for switch from nominal contract to plan based on real terms.
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NewsDutch pension fund to liquidate, merge with €34.5bn BpfBOUW
NETHERLANDS – Scheme for concrete-processing industry 'too small to operate independently'.
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NewsPension fund for Dutch notaries to cut pension rights again
NETHERLANDS – SNPF, which cut rights by 2% last year, to cut rights again by at least 5.8%.
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NewsOpaque Dutch pension system shifting towards DC – CPB
NETHERLANDS – Deputy director says industry must do more to improve benefit transparency.
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NewsPNO returns 12.1% year to date, but rights cut still on cards
NETHERLANDS – UFR, returns boost coverage ratio by 6.5 percentage points to 95.3%.
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NewsABP: New Dutch government's plans could slash pensions
NETHERLANDS – Scheme criticises plans to cap tax relief for pension savings.
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NewsDiscount rate remains stumbling block for Dutch pensions package
NETHERLANDS – Industry figures question credibility of 'ultimate forward rate'.
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NewsEquity rally props up Dutch funding, finds DNB
NETHERLANDS – Figures from regulator show rise in coverage ratio from strengthened equity markets.
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NewsPension fund for Dutch notaries to reconsider its independence
NETHERLANDS – Funding ratio drops to 89% despite 10.3% return on investments in 2011.
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Country Report
The Netherlands: Fault lines
Leen Preesman and Mariska van der Westen read the runes of Dutch politics, which will be the crucial factor in determining the future of the country’s occupational pension system
