All PME articles – Page 3
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NewsPME: Divesting from fossil fuels in six weeks
A pension fund can sell and reinvest all its fossil fuels investments in less than two months, according to PME’s Marcel Andringa
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NewsPME dumps fossil fuel investments
The pension fund for the metals sector and the technological industry is the first large Dutch scheme to divest entirely from fossil fuels
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NewsLarge Dutch pension funds see €1.1bn cost hike
Investment management and transaction costs of the 10 largest Dutch pension funds increased from €6.3bn to €7.4bn in 2020
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NewsPME sees investment management costs rise by 28%
The bulk of the performance fees were paid to private equity managers
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ABP funding ratio exceeds 100%
‘The chance of pension cuts over the coming years remains real,’ says Corien Wortmann–Kool, ABP president
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NewsDutch pension fund government bond allocation hits record high
The pension fund for workers in the care sector, the €254bn PFZW, registered a return of 7% on its government bond portfolio
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NewsInvest-NL joins PMT/PME’s private equity fund
The new Dutch state-run investment fund Invest-NL has committed €10m to the Innovations Industries II fund
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NewsABP calls for change to funding ratio calculation to prevent pension cuts
Social Affairs Minister Wouter Koolmees’ expectation that ‘an average pension fund’ will not have to cut pensions until 2026 ‘is too optimistic’
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PMT sells stake in ExxonMobil after failed engagement
The oil firm refused to report on its scope 3 CO2 emissions
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NewsDutch metal scheme PME ditches pensions admin MN
Aegon-owned TKP takes up the contract because its IT systems are more advanced
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NewsPension funds and the EU’s inaugural SURE bonds
Some contributed to a record order book, some did not
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NN IP takes over MN emerging market debt team
MN’s EMD team of six will join the NN IP desk at its office in The Hague
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Dutch pension giants abandon cooperation plans
A new shared service centre would increase the workload, especially at a time when a new pensions contract is introduced
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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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NewsDutch 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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NewsDutch metal schemes show concern over MN’s new admin system
Despite a successful test in October, no new functionality has become operational yet
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APG: Dutch pension fund giants seek co-operation on admin
ABP, BpfBouw, PMT, PME and PFZW are looking for joint effort to cut costs
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NewsLargest Dutch scheme’s investments fall almost 10% in first quarter
Funding levels plunge but schemes refuse predictions about 2021 rights cuts
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Dutch pension funds grant deferment premium payment
Pension funds for hairdressers and the healthcare industry are facing difficulties paying their contributions
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Dutch schemes see low volume of participant queries amid virus crisis
Too early to indicate what the implications for pensions would be
