IPE's Netherlands Coverage – Page 35
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Dutch AkzoNobel pension fund ditches factor investing
Decision influenced by performance and cost considerations
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KLM funds become more demanding customers of Blue Sky Group
Dutch pensions funds taking a more critical look at their relationship with the asset manager and admin provider
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Dutch maritime scheme made pension payments to deceased members
President says most issues have been resolved by the pension fund’s new administrator
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In depth: UWV fund to introduce Paris-aligned Benchmark
The pension fund will sell its investments in oil and gas companies, utilities with coal-fired power plants and miners with coal mining activities
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Norway SWF and MN monitor Polish oil firm on human rights violations
Ensuring respect for human rights was essential for good business practice and risk management, says NBIM
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PGB rules out experiment with self-employed pension
The scheme could consider the process at a later stage
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NewsThales pension fund swaps NN IP for BlackRock
BlackRock offered to lower total investment management costs
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NewsABP to look for three full-time directors after governance switch
The three vacancies will be filled before the end of the year
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NewsIn-house funds weigh on Robeco pension fund returns
Despite last year’s poor returns, the fund’s active approach has still yielded slightly better results than passive investing
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ABP trustee quits over oil and gas side job
The scheme’s accountability body told ABP it found Snel’s new side job ‘very problematic’
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70% of Dutch DC pension savers don’t use investment freedoms
Only a fraction of Dutch pension capital (€52bn) is in DC arrangements
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ABP to co-invest €400m in subordinated COVID loans
The loans are meant mostly for larger SMEs as the amount per loan will range from €5m to €50m
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NewsDutch workers expect lower pensions in DC system
Research found that as many as 90% of workers is not aware of the upcoming pension changes
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ABP announces ‘more ambitious and focused’ sustainability policy
The fund will reduce its investments in fossil fuels
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NewsDutch insurer seeks managers for small-cap equity
Plus: Discovery search for global EM fixed income
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PostNL pension fund increases green bond investments
The scheme is also aiming to integrate its sustainable investment policy in its emerging market debt portfolio
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Pension investors press companies over Myanmar human rights risks
Norway’s Storebrand one leader of initiative; signatories include Velliv, AP7, Dutch architects
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NewsNegative factor strategy return for ING scheme
The ING pension fund is sticking with is factor strategy for now but it will start hedging its liabilities in real terms instead of nominal terms
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NewsLarge Dutch pension funds see €1.1bn cost hike
Investment management and transaction costs of the 10 largest Dutch pension funds increased from €6.3bn to €7.4bn in 2020
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PensionsEurope conference: PGGM yearns for switch to DC
‘We are in need of a new pension system to avoid investing to a very large extent in very long-dated euro government bonds or swaps to hedge our liabilities’
