Latest Netherlands News
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NewsDutch lawmakers under pressure to allow shareholder ‘say-on-sustainability’
Upcoming debate on CSRD transposition will reveal whether politicians follow in footsteps of Spain, Estonia and Switzerland
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NewsDutch financial regulator plans to step up scrutiny of pension funds’ sustainability claims
A study of 42 financial institutions by AFM flagged greenwashing concerns across the market
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NewsBPL Pension to allocate €1bn to impact investments
The €25bn pension scheme for the agri- and horticultural sector will invest 80% of the new portfolio in private debt and 20% in private equity
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AnalysisIPE Netherlands Briefing: Another 24 funds convert to defined contribution
Plus: Pension funds divest from US assets; PME withdraws €5bn mandate from BlackRock
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NewsNegative 2025 returns for Dutch pension funds
Funding ratios rose, however, thanks to rising interest rates
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AnalysisDutch pension funds reduce dollar bond holdings
Civil service scheme ABP, the only Dutch pension fund with a sizeable exposure to US treasuries, reduced its allocation by €10bn in 2025
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NewsDutch government criticises IORP reform proposals
Some of the proposed reforms, such as the obligation to explain underperformance, are too prescriptive, according to the government
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NewsDutch social housing pension fund appoints Kempen as fiduciary manager
The €15bn pension scheme for the social housing sector was on the lookout for a new fiduciary since 2024
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NewsDutch frontrunner pension funds award increases below inflation
The five Dutch pension funds that converted DB accruals to DC in the first half of 2025 will increase pensions between 0.6% and 2.7% this year
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NewsDutch pensions’ DC switch spurs swap market jitters
Sprenkels warns that volatility could still emerge if multiple funds decide to reduce their interest rate hedges simultaneously
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NewsABP appoints new CIO after long search
Herman Bril, ABP’s new CIO, served as chief investment officer of the UN Joint Staff Pension Fund between 2016 and 2021
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NewsVisma Idella quits Dutch pension admin
Arno IJmker of consultancy firm Eraneos says Visma Idella’s timing for decision to wind down its pension administration business is a ‘strange move’
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NewsAon: Dutch pensioners see 13.6% pension rise in new DC arrangement
The one-off increases are due to the conversion of defined benefit accruals to defined contribution capitals as of 1 January
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Analysis8 million Dutch to see DB pensions converted to DC on 1 January 2026
The 23 pension funds to do so include €248bn healthcare scheme PFZW and PMT, the €86bn sector fund for the metals processing industry
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NewsAPG Asset Management CEO Ronald Wuijster to step down in 2026
Wuijster’s responsibilities will be taken over on an interim basis by Alineke van den Berge-Blindenbach
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NewsPME replaces BlackRock in €5bn ESG equities portfolio
UBS AM and MN take over the pension fund’s ESG equity portfolio from the American manager
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NewsAPG to shed over 1,000 jobs in cost-cutting drive
The pension administrator majority-owned by the Netherlands’s largest pension fund ABP made an operational loss in 2023 and 2024 and has been under pressure to cut costs
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AnalysisIPE Netherlands Briefing: Dutch GP fund defies buy-and-hold equity promise
Plus: With the Dutch pension transition gearing up, the Dutch market for buyouts, estimated to be worth some €20-30bn, appears to be accelerating
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AnalysisDutch GP fund equity shake-up defies buy-and-hold promise
The Dutch pension fund for doctors introduced a new concentrated equities strategy at the start of the year, promising ‘as few transactions as possible’
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NewsDutch insurers see buyout market accelerate
As funding ratios rise across the board, buyout deals have seen a growing number of Dutch company pension schemes show interest
