All articles by Sameer van Alfen – Page 6
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NewsNetherlands roundup: Longevity gap increases
Plus: Achmea Pensioenservices posts €14m loss in the first half of 2019 as it continues to phase out old IT systems
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News€3bn Dutch pharmacy staff scheme reduces risk profile
PMA reduces equities allocation from 50% to 40% in favour of fixed income, lifts interest rate hedging to 40%
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NewsDutch pension fund Equens to join consolidation vehicle
APFs – general pension funds – are rapidly gaining in popularity in the Netherlands
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NewsKPN scheme ups fixed income holdings after difficult 2018
The €10.2bn KPN Pensioenfonds cuts strategic allocation to securities in favour of fixed income, and has allocated to green bonds
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NewsAlcatel-Lucent scheme’s liquidation to last until 2023
Parent company Nokia will continue to compensate the pension fund for terminating its contract in 2011, while contributions will be channelled to members since transferred to PME
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News€5.9bn Dutch green bond deemed ‘expensive’
APG, PGGM, SPOV and Cardano were allocated €411m collectively, from a total of €5.9bn raised by the first AAA-rated sovereign green bond
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NewsBlue Sky to cut number of funds and external managers to save costs
The move by the asset manager for KLM’s pension schemes is aimed at cutting costs and reducing complexity
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Country Report
General pension funds: A market stirred but not shaken
General pension funds nearly doubled their AUM last year, to €10bn. However, one of the six commercial players has already closed and another will probably leave the market
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NewsClients pay APG more in fees despite lower outperformance
Asset manager cites shift to internal asset management and explains that fees weren’t linked to performance
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NewsNetherlands roundup: €25bn Rabobank scheme preps accrual cut
Plus: Total scheme weighs industry-wide fund for consolidation
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NewsLCP: Dutch schemes lost 1.2% on average in 2018
Results contrast sharply with 5.7% average result from 2017
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NewsVervoer replaces Robeco with Achmea for fiduciary management
Dutch sector scheme expects continuity to be better guaranteed at Achmea
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FeaturesPension fund consolidators enjoy strong growth
Efforts to increase scale and improve efficiencies across the European pension fund sector are gathering pace, new data shows – but schemes still face hurdles
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NewsEconomists warn investment ‘groupthink’ could hurt pension outcomes
Schemes hiring the same actuaries often made the same strategic investment choice
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NewsDutch pension consolidators double market share to €9.8bn
APFs are upbeat about prospects despite uncertainty about the future shape of the Netherlands’ pension system
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NewsIndustry-wide schemes plan €4.4bn merger
Meubel wants to grow, whereas Houthandel’s wish is to consolidate
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NewsDutch retailer scheme to ditch hedge funds
Pension fund cites high costs, poor sustainability and lack of transparency
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NewsSchemes with high illiquid allocations ‘at risk from market crash’
A firesale of equities to fund withdrawals would exacerbate negative effects on markets and funding levels
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NewsData error causes €3m overpayment headache for ABP
Europe’s biggest pension fund admits it was too hasty in reclaiming overpaid benefits from 700 pensioners
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NewsRobeco to shut mortgages fund as investors shun structure
Potential investors do not need an asset manager separate from mortgage issuer to access this asset class, Robeco says
