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NewsPME halves equity risk in run-up to January DC transition
Dutch €64bn pension fund opts to reduce exposure to shares via physical sell-off combined with futures – cheaper than put options used by smaller funds
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AnalysisIPE Netherlands Briefing: PME reports long-term ESG outperformance
Plus: SpaceX prompts ESG questions
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NewsPME credits ESG filters for equity outperformance despite benchmark lag
Dutch pension fund says ESG screening enhanced equity returns, despite underweight to US technology
Asset Manager NewsAchmea Real Estate purchases over 500 homes on behalf of PME Pensioenfonds as part of the SoZa project in The Hague
On behalf of PME Pensioenfonds, Achmea Real Estate has purchased 517 homes and approximately 1,580 m² of commercial and community space in the SoZa project in The Hague from property developer and builder VORM. The homes are part of the redevelopment of the former Ministry of Social Affairs site on Anna van Hannoverstraat. A new urban district will be built there, comprising nearly 1,200 homes, offices and amenities.
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NewsPME replaces BlackRock in €5bn ESG equities portfolio
UBS AM and MN take over the pension fund’s ESG equity portfolio from the American manager
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NewsPME picks Candriam to manage European equity portfolio
Candriam will manage a concentrated equity portfolio initially worth €1.5bn, which is half of the €57bn fund’s existing allocation to European equities
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NewsPME, PFZW are latest funds to sell stocks linked to Israel human rights violations
The two Dutch pension schemes recently divested from Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia and Motorola
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InterviewsPension funds and physical risks: NEST, PFA Pension and PME Pensioenfonds on climate resilience
As the effects of climate change materialise, European pension funds are increasing their focus on physical climate risks
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AnalysisIPE Netherlands Briefing: PME picks Candriam to run concentrated portfolio
Plus: Social affairs minister Eddy van Hijum proposes 12-month extension for pension funds to implement new interest rate hedging and investment policies
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NewsPME reconsiders BlackRock mandates after NZAM exit
Dutch technology industry scheme wrote to the asset manager as it feels increasingly uncomfortable with “BlackRock’s retreat from responsible and sustainable investing”
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NewsDutch pension fund duo picks Robeco for €1.15bn private corporate debt mandate
Robeco’s solution was jointly tailored for PMT and PME, with investments of €500m and €650m, respectively
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InterviewsPME Goes Back To The Future – PME Pensioenfonds
Marcel Andringa (pictured) of PME, the Dutch pension fund for the metal and electronics industry, talks to Tjibbe Hoekstra about the fund’s decision to ditch index investing and move to a more concentrated portfolio
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NewsPME sells 112 companies for ESG reasons
The €54.6bn pension fund for the Dutch technology industry sold over €800m in shares as it adopted a new ESG screening policy
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NewsDutch technology scheme PME eager for nuclear energy investment
‘The energy transition in the Netherlands is not going fast enough,’ says PME president Eric Uijen
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AnalysisIPE Netherlands Briefing: Another 24 funds convert to defined contribution
Plus: Pension funds divest from US assets; PME withdraws €5bn mandate from BlackRock
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AnalysisIPE Netherlands Briefing: Dutch funds continue Israel stock purge
PFZW and PME divest from Booking.com, Airbnb and Expedia; Dutch pension funds reconsider oversized exposures to the US
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NewsABP and PME demand end to fossil fuel subsidies
The two Dutch pension funds signed a letter authored by Fossil Free Netherlands
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NewsPME admin switch to TKP leads to sharp cost savings
The scheme also saw a drop in asset management costs thanks to lower performance fee payments to private equity managers
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NewsDutch pension scheme PME suffers huge data breach
Personal data of 95,000 members were leaked after a breach at a software supplier
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NewsPME and PMT invest another €150m in venture capital investor
The two Dutch pension schemes also invested €75m each in Innovation Industries’ previous tech-focused fund
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