Returns – Page 112
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Dutch roundup: PGGM, SPH, KNVG on board seats, Eumedion
NETHERLANDS – €8bn SPH to become first client for PGGM’s tailor-made services.
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Dutch metal scheme PMT to increase contribution by 2%
NETHERLANDS – Beleaguered fund has already announced rights cut of 7% in April 2013.
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NewsPension fund for Dutch civil servants to increase contribution to 25.4%
NETHERLANDS – Cites increasing life expectancy, 'developments' among participants.
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NewsFinnish retailer Kesko reclaims €71m pension surplus
FINLAND – Regulator allows Kesko Pension Fund to transfer surplus back to parent company.
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NewsSwiss pensions watchdog to alter calculations for funding levels
SWITZERLAND – Number of underfunded schemes increases by 6 percentage points year on year.
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NewsPFZW to stand by indexation promise in pensions contract
NETHERLANDS – Scheme 'prepared' for switch from nominal contract to plan based on real terms.
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NewsSwiss BVK wins vote of confidence from members
SWITZERLAND – Members had threatened to leave scheme due to funding gap, uncertainty over aid.
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NewsATP study shows 'no link' between pension funds' returns, costs
DENMARK – Lægernes Pensionskasse dismisses analysis as 'academically useless'.
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Dutch roundup: Sponsor refunds, PostNL, ING
NETHERLANDS – Government rules out probe into pension fund refunds to sponsor companies.
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NewsMomentum in Germany's second-pillar pension system slows – report
GERMANY – Government report says system has developed 'positively', but erratically.
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NewsIrish roundup: AIB, IBOA, Arnotts, Mandate
IRELAND – Negotiations over closure of AIB fund referred to Labour Relations Commission.
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Commodities drive Q3 returns at pension fund for housing corporations
NETHERLANDS – SPW outperforms benchmark by 0.3 percentage points over period.
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NewsSwedish roundup: AP6, Vertical Wind, Electric Generation, PPM
SWEDEN – AP6 to offload shares in tech start-ups Vertical Wind, Electric Generation.
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NewsDanish roundup: PensionDanmark, Forsikring & Pension
DENMARK - PensionDanmark sees total assets under management increase 10% since January.
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NewsRussia's second-pillar pension system facing contribution cuts
RUSSIA – Government aiming to follow in footsteps of Poland, Slovakia and Baltic states.
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NewsDutch pension fund to liquidate, merge with €34.5bn BpfBOUW
NETHERLANDS – Scheme for concrete-processing industry 'too small to operate independently'.
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NewsPension fund for Dutch notaries to cut pension rights again
NETHERLANDS – SNPF, which cut rights by 2% last year, to cut rights again by at least 5.8%.
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NewsOpaque Dutch pension system shifting towards DC – CPB
NETHERLANDS – Deputy director says industry must do more to improve benefit transparency.
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NewsFinancial crisis 'too big' for Central, Eastern Europe's second pillars
EUROPE – World Bank chief economist points to 'tension' between short, long-term fiscal objectives.
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NewsIreland's NPRF sees 5.9% year-to-date returns
IRELAND – NPRF Commission rolls proceeds from previous put options into new positions.




