All articles by Maarten van Wijk – Page 7
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Trend towards individual DC is irreversible, says Deloitte
Pension funds and providers should focus on improving distribution power, brand and administration
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Tech sector scheme TrueBlue seeks co-operation or merger
Dutch pension fund has struggled to meet its growth targets in the past four years
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Aon agrees CDC framework for Belgian pension vehicle
Structure exempts employer from duty of filling in funding gap and introduces concept of rights cuts
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Allianz merges its two Dutch pension funds
Merger aimed at cutting complexity and gaining synergies
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PepsiCo, Makro find new providers as Conduent exits Netherlands [updated]
Pension funds PepsiCo and Makro to follow Yara away from the administrator as it plans to exit the Netherlands
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Netherlands roundup: Shoemakers’ scheme in tie-up with Detailhandel
Also: Largest Dutch schemes team up to address public trust; PNO Media hails long-term outperformance
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Netherlands roundup: Government pays €31m to Caribbean scheme
Also: Researchers warn on wealth-related life expectanct gap; Uranium workers’ scheme seeks quick consolidation
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Chemical company scheme to join Centraal Beheer’s general pension fund
Regulator deemed scheme “vulnerable” because of ageing demographics and governance difficulties
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Dutch midwives’ scheme to apply third consecutive benefits cut
Reduction is outweighed by fixed annual increase of 2%, giving an increase overall
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Dutch schemes’ recovery paths exceeded expectations in 2017
Funding improves to 107% on average but largest schemes remain underfunded
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Dutch regulator considers outsourcing regulatory tasks
Actuaries, accountants and asset managers could be asked to report to DNB to ease burden on pension schemes
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Leaked report details Netherlands’ proposed new pension system
Social partners said to agree on collective pension accrual, postponement of retirement age increase
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PMT reports 8.4% gain as rising interest rates reduce liabilities
Metal scheme had set 1.5% goal to aid recovery and reintroduction of indexation
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PFZW boosts engagement with annual statement overhaul
Less informal and more direct language increased the amount of people who read their online pension statement
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New Dutch pensions system will require IT restructure at PGGM
Investment of ’millions’ necessary if new system includes individual pensions accrual
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EU report details gender pension income gap
Cyprus, the Netherlands and Germany have the biggest gap in pension income between men and women
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Dutch transport fund to tender €25bn fiduciary management contract
Vervoer exploring new models for fiduciary management, but says it has no issues with current provider Robeco
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Netherlands roundup: Political youth branches push for reform proposals
Also: Women’s group backs legislation for diversity; unions on collision course with AkzoNobel over pension top-up
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APG offloads DC administration subsidiary to IT firm RiskCo
RiskCo targets 1m participants within five years after tripling its customer base
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Campaign group urges ABP to vote for carbon-free Shell
Scientists argue that Shell’s promises aren’t sufficient to meet Paris climate targets