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NewsLargest trade union finally agrees to Dutch DC pensions switch
Many union members fear pensions cuts during the so-called transition phase to the new system
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PGGM misses €20bn impact investment target
By the end of 2019, the Dutch asset manager invested €18.3bn in four themes – climate change, food security, water and health
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Dutch schemes fail to push management fees below 0.5% threshold
The average management fees the funds paid in 2019 totalled 0.51%, excluding transaction costs
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Dutch funds count on investment returns to close funding gap
Most funds’ current pension contributions are too low to even sustain the current low funding ratios
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Dutch pension funds hail DC switch
Aon expects the switch of DB to DC will lead to ‘painful measures’ because of current funding shortfalls
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ABN Amro pension fund to focus on climate SDGs
SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy) and SDG 13 (climate action) are ‘specific areas of attention’ in its investment policy
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Dutch DC pension switch includes lifecycles, personal pension pots
All pension funds will need to finalise their transition plans by 1 January 2024
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Delta Lloyd scheme splits matching holdings into LDI, spread portfolios
It will also raise its stake in emerging market equity as well as real estate to 16.7%
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Dutch political parties stay positive on new pensions agreement
’A more individual system, balanced for all generations’
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Experts are positive about new Dutch pension arrangements
‘It will be easier to protect older participants against interest risk ’
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Dutch cabinet agrees with unions on DC pensions switch
Pension funds will no longer be constrained by a coverage ratio largely dictated by a discount rate for liabilities
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ING scheme delays indexation decision because of COVID-19
The fund could tap into a €265m emergency reserve fund
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: How Canada can liberate Holland once again
Ongoing concern: Putting ‘trust’ back into Dutch pensions
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DNB scheme ponders joining consolidation vehicle
It reduced the number of trustees from nine to six, and established its own administrative bureau for board support
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Funding roundup: JPMorgan AM sees 6.5% funding level drop for UK schemes
Plus: PPF 7800 index May 2020 figures; Dutch schemes’ funding levels
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Dutch building scheme sticks to ‘expensive’ PE, hedge funds
The fund reduced management fees for hedge funds by 27% during the past five years by negotiating service fees
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Philips scheme to reinvest most of its 7.5% cash holdings
Cash was the scheme’s only asset class generating a negative return last year
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Dutch IT firm ‘must act quickly’ after losing pension clients
It has lost three main pension provision clients in quick succession
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Netherlands roundup: Furnishing pension fund to replace Centric
Plus: Travel scheme Reiswerk to liquidate due to small size
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EC summons Netherlands to ECJ for taxing pensions moving abroad
The taxation conflicts with the principle of free movement of capital
