All articles by Sameer van Alfen – Page 7
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Netherlands roundup: €25bn Rabobank scheme preps accrual cut
Plus: Total scheme weighs industry-wide fund for consolidation
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LCP: Dutch schemes lost 1.2% on average in 2018
Results contrast sharply with 5.7% average result from 2017
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Vervoer 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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Economists warn investment ‘groupthink’ could hurt pension outcomes
Schemes hiring the same actuaries often made the same strategic investment choice
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Dutch 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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Industry-wide schemes plan €4.4bn merger
Meubel wants to grow, whereas Houthandel’s wish is to consolidate
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Dutch retailer scheme to ditch hedge funds
Pension fund cites high costs, poor sustainability and lack of transparency
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Schemes 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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Data 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
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Automation pushes APG to cut 60 jobs at administration arm
Provider cites continuing digitisation and automation as main cause of headcount reduction
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More large shareholders vote against excessive CEO pay [updated]
However, remuneration continues to rise, according to a major survey of exec pay and voting patterns
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NewsLCP: Dutch schemes urged to improve performance reporting
Schemes need to make a clearer distinction between performance gross and net of fees and costs, consultancy argues
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Brexit: Derivatives trade exodus ‘to start with currency contracts’
Asset manager expects derivatives trade through London only to remain unchanged if Brexit is cancelled
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Dutch roundup: ABP launches energy transition fund
Also: Smurfit Netherlands to liquidate; Adviser trade bodies to merge
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PGGM to start central clearing for repos [updated]
Asset manager for PFZW picks Eurex Clearing as central counterparty as it seeks to comply with EMIR derivatives rules
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NewsSupervisory board of €11bn Dutch real estate manager quits unexpectedly
All four members of the board of the €11bn Dutch property investor quit after falling out with parent company over strategy
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More schemes leave Conduent for new providers
US provider has reportedly exited the Netherlands, with five schemes having been forced to find replacement providers
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ABP gains €700m from tobacco, nuclear arms divestment
Civil service scheme attributes profit to good timing of sales as equity markets rose over summer
