All articles by Maarten van Wijk – Page 11
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Consolidation roundup: Bank pensions join industry schemes
Artesia Bank moves pension from Netherlands to Belgium; Barclays shifts German pension to BVV
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Country Report
Fiduciary Management: APFs keep it in-house
Maarten van Wijk assesses the scope for fiduciary management within an APF, the new Dutch pension fund vehicle
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Dutch brewery scheme joins Centraal Beheer APF
Pension fund cites ‘rising costs and increase expertise requirements’
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Pension funds urge Unilever to stick to long-term policy
Company ‘must keep its focus on sustainability’ following rejection of Kraft Heinz takeover bid
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Smurfit Kappa merges two Dutch pension funds
Decision avoids potential 50% hike in contribution rate
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Dutch cabinet seeks greater supervision for large company schemes
Government wants permanent boards rather than annual visits
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Liquidating accountancy scheme to transfer assets to Aegon
Chairman cites decreasing number of active participants for Dutch pension fund
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Major European investors back France green bond ‘milestone’
Dutch pension managers buy €967m, while ERAFP and Ircantec join big French crowd
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Dutch roundup: Deutsche Bank, Sanoma, Aegon, Stap
Deutsche Bank DB scheme to shift to collective defined contribution
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Dutch roundup: Getronics, KPN, Stap, Hunter Douglas, PME
Pension fund for Getronics to be liquidated after struggling to ensure ‘continuity’
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PGGM calls for regulatory leeway to promote sustainable investment
Other major investors, however, not entirely convinced of lower risk levels
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Dutch mandate roundup: Syntrus Achmea, AZL, NN IP, Cardano, TKP
Levensmiddelen drops administration provider Syntrus Achmea for AZL
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Dutch airline KLM reaches settlement with pilots over pensions
Airline agrees not to cancel previous agreement on guaranteed indexation
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Dutch roundup: PGGM, ABP, Legal & General, Chesnara
Pension manager PGGM is one of the first non-insurers to be granted a general pension fund licence
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ABP raises premium following reduced return assumptions
Civil service scheme cites economic prospects indicating structural lower interest rates and returns
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Aon Hewitt offers blueprint for new Dutch pension system
Consultancy focuses on fine-tuning as opposed to radical change
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Top Dutch pension funds support plan to restore participant confidence
Larger schemes consider plans to inform participants of individual entitlement to pension assets
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Syntrus Achmea wins Shell pension fund administration contract
Hibin scheme to leave Syntrus, manage administration in-house
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IT woes force Syntrus Achmea to drop industry-wide pension funds
New system fails to accommodate various pension arrangements, exceptions
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Dutch Pensions Federation softens position on pan-European pensions
Industry organisation calls for survey that considers improving second pillar