IPE's Netherlands Coverage – Page 147
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Country Report
The Netherlands: Anxiety management
Nina Röhrbein gauges views on how the likely changes to Dutch pensions will affect investment and risk strategies
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Country Report
The Netherlands: PPI to spur DC growth
The Dutch affinity with defined benefit schemes has limited the take-up of defined contribution, writes Nina Röhrbein. Could the PPI vehicle change this?
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Country Report
The Netherlands: From FTK to FBK
Jean Frijns, Guus Boender and Theo Kocken inspired a lively debate at the IPNederland conference in June. Leen Preesman and Mariska van der Westen report
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NewsDutch asset manager PGGM to lower investment costs for clients
NETHERLANDS – Asset manager for €118bn PFZW to focus on lowering costs for six clients.
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Interest hedge boosts returns at pension fund for cleaners
NETHERLANDS – Nearly 8 percentage points of 10.7% return come from 60% hedge of interest risks.
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NewsLow interest rates cancel out recovery contributions at Dutch Sara Lee fund
NETHERLANDS – Investment returns at fund further dented by small loss on currency hedge.
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NewsDutch face rights cuts of 8% with current discount rate, says government
NETHERLANDS – Leaked memo estimates 12m at risk of rights cuts if discount rate is maintained.
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NewsABP and PMT reject call to buy bank mortgage portfolios
NETHERLANDS – Employer lobby group agrued loan sale would allow banks to start lending again.
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NewsDutch scheme ABP expects rights cuts of up to 14%
NETHERLANDS – Leaked memo predicts average contribution will need to rise nearly 30%.
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European pension funds lose millions on Facebook shares
EUROPE – Dutch asset manager APG, Sweden’s AP2 amoung those to suffer from share price halving.
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NewsCoverage ratio plummets at pension fund for Dutch hairdressers
NETHERLANDS – Funding drops below 75% after implementation of hedging strategy delayed.
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NewsDutch pension fund SPW loses 27% on opportunities portfolio
NETHERLANDS – €7bn scheme sacks previous portfolio manager over valuation concerns.
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NewsEven 5.9% pension rights cut might not be enough, PNO warns
NETHERLANDS – Troubled scheme's coverage ratio dragged down to 88.8% by falling interest rates.
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Océ pension scheme drops derivatives for rebalancing
NETHERLANDS – €830m scheme aiming to reduce complexity in portfolio after ALM study.
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NewsDutch funds raise premiums instead of granting indexation – DNB
NETHERLANDS – Regulator reports 9 percentage point drop in coverage, cancelling out indexation.
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NewsDutch Pension Federation calls for holistic framework over HBS
NETHERLANDS – Federation calls for more country-specific analysis of proposal's impact.
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NewsCoverage of Dutch schemes further down in July, says Mercer
NETHERLANDS – Slight decrease comes despite average equity portfolios returning 3%.
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Total's Dutch scheme predicts further rights cuts as funding dips 9%
NETHERLANDS – Despite 7% returns boosted by interest rate hedge, fund warns of two further cuts.
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NewsFunding falls at Philips, KLM pension funds despite positive returns
NETHERLANDS – Schemes attribute worsening financial positions to falling interest rates.
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NewsPension fund for Dutch grocery sector thrives after portfolio change
Matching portfolio at €2.4bn industry-wide scheme returns nearly 58% over last six months.
