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NewsABP appoints new CIO after long search
Herman Bril, ABP’s new CIO, served as chief investment officer of the UN Joint Staff Pension Fund between 2016 and 2021
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NewsABP divests from UN-listed companies involved with Israeli settlements
The €520bn Dutch civil service scheme sold its €65m stake in Booking.com and €368m stake in Caterpillar, a supplier of armoured bulldozers to the Israeli army
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News78% of ABP participants want to invest sustainably
Members of the Dutch civil service scheme want the fund to divest from sectors including fast food chains and producers of disposable plastics
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NewsABP to up infra investments in new pension system
In its investment strategy for the new DC pension system, the Dutch civil service scheme will increase the share of private market investments from 20% to 30%
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NewsDutch scheme ABP sells Alphabet and Meta stocks
The Dutch civil service scheme retains a pocket of corporate bonds from both companies for now
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NewsPeople moves: ABP appoints interim executive director for investments
Plus: LD Pensions and AkademikerPension name head of equities; Isio appoints chair and non-executive director
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NewsABP buys €2.7bn Dutch mortgage portfolio
Despite the large purchase, the fund will remain underweight mortgages compared to other Dutch pension funds
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NewsABP orders fiduciary manager APG to shed all other clients
The move means APG’s three other fiduciary pension fund clients have to find alternatives
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NewsABP president named top climate leader in Time magazine
Harmen van Wijnen is the only pension executive in the Time100 Climate 2024
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NewsABP, Aegon, Phoenix and GPFG named among climate lobbying leaders
Using publicly available information, InfluenceMap scored 30 pension funds and insurers from around the globe
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NewsABP to reduce investments in emerging markets
The fund believes it no longer pays to be overweight the region given the expected returns for emerging market assets
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AnalysisDutch pension funds reduce dollar bond holdings
Civil service scheme ABP, the only Dutch pension fund with a sizeable exposure to US treasuries, reduced its allocation by €10bn in 2025
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NewsABP opts for simple majority board voting after criticism from the regulator
Dutch civil servants fund abandons cumbersome two-step voting structure on single-tier board
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NewsPeople moves: ABP chief to take role at SBZ Pensioen
Plus: South Yorkshire Pensions Authority adds to pension board; DWS appoints UK country officer
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Opinion PiecesABP pledges €30bn for new impact investments
Some €5bn will be invested in affordable housing projects in the Netherlands
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NewsAPG to shed over 1,000 jobs in cost-cutting drive
The pension administrator majority-owned by the Netherlands’s largest pension fund ABP made an operational loss in 2023 and 2024 and has been under pressure to cut costs
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NewsABP investment chief to depart after two years
Dominique Dijkhuis has been on sick leave since early 2023
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InterviewsABP is too big to be an active investor, says president
The Netherlands’ largest pension fund is switching from an all-active investment strategy to index investing
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NewsABP to switch to passive investing
The €470bn Dutch civil service scheme is the last remaining all-active pension investor in the country
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NewsABP postpones DC transition to 2027
The news comes shortly after pensions minister Carola Schouten moved the final date for pension funds to introduce DC arrangements to 1 January 2028





