Latest Netherlands News – Page 14
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NewsDutch pension funds allowed to index pensions above inflation
Funds will be allowed to provide more indexation than the actual rate of inflation this year, if they did not give full indexation last year
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NewsDutch pension experts identify important pitfalls for pension fund trustees
Dutch pension trustee Alfred Slager and consultant Martijn Vos reveal them in their new book ‘Decision making for pension fund boards’
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NewsDutch pension funds in the dark on ESG risks, says DNB
The lack of ESG risk management contrast with three quarters of pension funds that now have named a specific person in the board to be responsible for ESG
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NewsAPG’s defined contribution transition to cost €250-300m
This is a considerable increase compared to the €100m estimate made three years ago
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NewsKPN pension fund to invest up to €700m in private debt
The €10bn pension fund considers the asset class a vehicle for impact investing
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NewsDutch tax relief fuels third pillar inflows
Inflows at some providers have increased by up to 35% as workers can save up to 30% of their gross salary tax-free as of 1 July 2023
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NewsDutch pension funds move hundreds of billions in assets to mandates
Investing via mandates makes it easier for pension funds to implement their sustainability policies
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NewsPensioenfonds Gasunie switches €1bn equity portfolio to State Street
The €2bn fund of the Dutch natural gas provider has switched its equity investments to a Climate Transition Benchmark
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NewsPensioenfonds DHL picks Aegon AM as fiduciary manager
The Dutch scheme of postal company DHL wants to concentrate all investment services in one mandate to reduce the board’s workload
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NewsPGGM public and private markets chief to exit
Frank Roeters van Lennep said it’s better ‘that someone else will lead the charge’ in implementing PGGM’s new impact investing strategy for 2030
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NewsTNO scheme switches to Paris-Aligned Benchmark for developed equities
The fund is one of two seed investors in the new BlackRock Developed World Paris-Aligned Climate Index Fund
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NewsImpact Cubed joins forces with Impact Orange Partners
The partnership aims to set a benchmark for ESG integration in Belgium and the Netherlands
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NewsSuperior investment returns for largest Dutch pension funds – research
However, large funds’ higher investment returns are undone fully by their lower interest rate hedges
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NewsDC negotiations at Dutch company schemes in deadlock
At many company pension funds, employers and trade unions are at loggerheads over the choice for either the solidarity or flexible DC arrangement
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NewsCO₂ emission reporting requirements on govvies confuse Dutch pension funds
The question whether to treat green bonds as emissions-free is proving divisive
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NewsDutch GPs want pension fund to divest from fast food companies
Pensioenfonds Huisartsen cannot implement their demands because of the fund’s passive investment strategy and now considers switching to active
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NewsDutch pensions minister to leave politics after elections
Carola Schouten had been pensions minister since January 2022
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NewsSweden’s AP funds gather pension majors to coax tech giants on human rights
AP Funds’ Council on Ethics convenes institutional investor group including Railpen, APG, PGGM and USS for joint engagement with Alphabet, Meta and others
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Dutch pension giant ABP to cut investments by half in net zero drive
Hollands largest pension fund will focus on companies making committed pledges to decarbonisation
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New Dutch pension law approved after years of delay
The vote came late last night after much deliberation
