Pensions in Netherlands Report – Page 5
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Variable progress
There is room for improvement in the government’s plans to introduce variable annuities for DC pension funds, according to Wichert Hoeckert
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Pensions In The Netherlands: Sailing into rough waters
Few things are as expressive of a country’s culture and history as its popular sayings and expressions. Take the Dutch: when we believe somebody is crazy, we say ‘he has been hit by a windmill’. When something is obvious, we can ‘sense it on our wooden shoes’.
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General Pension Fund: The march of the insurers
The new general pension fund vehicle provides an opportunity for insurers to enter the occupational pensions market and could bring the two sectors closer together. Leen Preesman reports
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The Future: Near the end
Continuing stress on funding ratios is leading to renewed calls for a comprehensive overhaul of the Dutch occupational pension system
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Interview: Gerard Riemen - Dutch Pension Federation
In January, Gerard Riemen, director of the Dutch Pension Federation, called for a new occupational pension design with personal accounts and risk sharing. He tells IPE about his aims
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A changing landscape
Rajish Sagoenie and Martin Wouda comment on the fundamental changes taking place in the Dutch pension system
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Asset Allocation: Seeking greater risk
Some Dutch pension funds are increasing their risk proile this year, according to Daniel Ben-Ami
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Interview: Corien Wortmann-Kool - ABP
ABP chair Corien Wortmann-Kool tells Leen Preesman about the need for speedy change to a new pension system and of the need to restore the trust of the fund’s 2.8m members
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Age-Related Premiums: Solidarity 2.0
PNO Media, a provider for 450 media sector companies in the Netherlands, is striking a new path to retain pension market share in a competitive environment, according to Gail Moss
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Dutch scheme to join Belgian OFP
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Pensions in The Netherlands: A continuing soap opera
Now that attempts to radically overhaul the Dutch pension system have floundered owing to legal problems, union opposition and politics, efforts to future-proof the second pension pillar have favoured evolution over revolution
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Ultimate Forward Rate: Ultimate consideration
Formerly just an esoteric formula buried in Solvency II legislation, the DNB’s recent reduction in the ultimate forward rate will affect the viability of Dutch defined benefit pension schemes
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Commentary: Returning market sense to UFR
The new UFR is an uneasy compromise that requires sophisticated decision-making on the part of pension funds, argues Jens van Egmond
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Calpam Pensioenfonds: Proud independence
One thing is certain for the Calpam Pensioenfonds (CPF): it wants to remain independent for as long as possible
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Interview: The bigger picture
René van de Kieft, the incoming CEO of MN, talks about the current state of the Dutch pension system and its destructive focus on average contributions
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An introduction to the APF vehicle
Leen Preesman examines the Netherlands’ latest pensions creation, the general pension fund, or APF
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Asset Allocation: The Dutch top five
The number of Dutch pension funds has halved in the past 10 years. Yet five funds – ABP, PFZW, PMT, BpfBouw and PME – account for over 50% of total pension assets
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Dutch Pensions Reform: Full speed ahead
Lans Bovenberg contends that the Dutch government should move fast to implement personal pensions with risk sharing
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PFPP survey: Dutch pension funds' high expectations
Dutch pension funds are more critical of their asset managers than their European peers, according to a major research programme. James Tew assesses the results.
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Best hands on deck: The consolidation of Dutch pension funds
As industry consolidation shows no signs of slowing down in the Netherlands, Leen Preesman finds that the drivers go beyond cost reduction
