Latest Netherlands News – Page 4
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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
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NewsDutch funds for postmen, butchers invest €220m in impact private debt
New Article 9 fund, which consists of two sub-funds managed by Eiffel Investment Group, will invest in impact-driven private credit in the Benelux region and Europe
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AnalysisIPE Netherlands Briefing: Dutch funds continue Israel stock purge
PFZW and PME divest from Booking.com, Airbnb and Expedia; Dutch pension funds reconsider oversized exposures to the US
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NewsDNB reassures Dutch funds on interest rate hedging impact
Dutch pension sector is worried that government bond trades upon switching to defined contribution arrangements could squeeze liquidity and move markets
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NewsOntario healthcare scheme rejects €200m Dutch tax fraud allegations
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) believes the matter, which is treated as a criminal case by the Netherlands, ‘should be solely adjudicated by a tax court’
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NewsDutch authorities sue foreign pension fund for €200m tax evasion
The unnamed scheme is said to have unlawfully reclaimed €200m in dividend withholding tax
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NewsDutch pension funds rethink US allocations
Pensioenfonds Bisdommen, the fund for Catholic clergy, has already reduced its exposure to US equities, while PGB will no longer increase US non-listed investments
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NewsDutch pension funds continue to increase interest rate hedges
The increases in hedging ratios come as the moment pension funds will convert DB accruals to DC capital is edging closer
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NewsPME, PFZW are latest funds to sell stocks linked to Israel human rights violations
The two Dutch pension schemes recently divested from Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia and Motorola
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NewsABP divests from UN-listed companies involved with Israeli settlements
The €520bn Dutch civil service scheme sold its €65m stake in Booking.com and €368m stake in Caterpillar, a supplier of armoured bulldozers to the Israeli army
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NewsKPN pension fund invests €300m in private impact loans
M&G will manage the mandate, which will be at least 45% directed towards impact investments aligned with the fund’s climate, technology and consumption themes
