All PGGM articles – Page 2
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NewsPGGM says ‘very few’ oil and gas firms have climate strategies to save them from divestment
Dutch healthcare scheme has already exited 192 companies
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NewsDutch pension sector asks European Commission to reconsider CSRD proposal
The Pensioenfederatie and pension asset managers APG, PGGM and MN have sent a letter to Ursula von der Leyen saying they are “very concerned” that the proposal will lead to the unavailability of sustainability data for pension funds
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AnalysisAnalysis: Pension funds need flexible mind to invest in circular economy
Pension funds must remove barriers and relax financial and accounting requirements to allow for circular investments, according to investors and investee companies
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NewsPMT to move pension admin from MN to PGGM
The three firms have signed a memorandum of understanding to move the pension administration of PMT’s 1.4 million members to PGGM by 2024
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NewsPension investors repeat demand to TotalEnergies: align emissions with Paris
The French energy firm refused to table a similar resolution at last year’s AGM, but investors have found a way to prevent this from happening again
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NewsInvestors pin hopes on EU Green Bond Standard in fight against greenwashing
Most existing green bonds are unlikely to qualify as green under the new standard
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NewsSweden’s AP funds gather pension majors to coax tech giants on human rights
AP Funds’ Council on Ethics convenes institutional investor group including Railpen, APG, PGGM and USS for joint engagement with Alphabet, Meta and others
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NewsEumedion prefers ‘intensive dialogue’ over binding vote on exec remuneration
The Dutch association for institutional investors will no longer push for a binding shareholder vote on renumeration reports
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NewsThreefold rise in asset managers holding board responsible for ESG
Alongside NNIP and PGGM, the investors that took the biggest tumble down the rankings since 2020’s survey were State Street Global Advisors, PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors
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VBL, APG, PGGM among founders of association to rollout European pension dashboard
The European Tracking Service (ETS) association will formally launch on 1 January 2023
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Trend for greenwashing call out to spread to impact investing, says PGGM’s Op ‘t Veld
‘Some investors are currently rather liberal with their claims on impact, which I’m quite concerned about,’ says the responsible investment principal director
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Dutch Schilders fund moves fiduciary management to Kempen
Bpf Schilders had been looking for a new fiduciary as it had to leave its current manager PGGM
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PGGM, MN start operational due diligence cooperation
The cooperation is to lead to efficiency gains for the two pension investors as well as their external managers
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NewsPeople moves: People’s Investments Limited adds duo to board
The People’s Pension, B&CE, PGGM, State Street Global Advisors, AXA IM, PSIG
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PGGM, Alecta sign €2.1bn credit risk sharing deal with German bank
The transaction on a portfolio of corporate loans shifts 20% of default risk to the two pension investors
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EU taxonomy decision increases reporting burden for pension funds
Critics of the Commission’s proposal to brand nuclear energy and natural gas as sustainable energy sources have reacted with disappointment, and the credibility of the EU’s taxonomy was called into question
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PGGM to focus asset management services on PFZW
The pension asset manager has told its other pension fund clients it wants to stop providing asset management services to them
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Pension funds to benefit from ‘exceptionally high’ swap spread
Pension schemes are advised to take the opportunity to change ‘expensive’ government bonds for cheaper swaps
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False alarm: no liquidity problems in repo market after rate rises
Dutch financial markets regulator AFM had warned pension funds about liquidity problems if interest rates were to rise further
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NewsDutch institutional investors require oil and gas firms to decarbonise
The group, which includes PGGM and MN, calls on other international investors to endorse statement
