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AnalysisIPE Netherlands Briefing: Dutch longevity reinsurance market shows signs of life
Plus: Dow Chemical scheme eyes buyout; SPMS on fossil fuels
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NewsDutch medical specialists scheme devises new fossil fuel investment policy
SPMS wants oil and gas companies to invest at least 20% of their annual capex in renewable energy projects to be eligible for investment
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NewsDutch pension funds rethink US allocations
Pensioenfonds Bisdommen, the fund for Catholic clergy, has already reduced its exposure to US equities, while PGB will no longer increase US non-listed investments
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NewsPensionsEurope elects new chair
Jacques Van Dijken will serve until at least November, when PensionsEurope’s next general assembly is held
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NewsGerman education union enrols in DC pensions for schools, universities
GEW will participate in existing social partner models on the condition that employers pay at least half of contributions
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Country ReportTwo Dutch pension funds outline plans for defined contribution transition
Two schemes explain how they intend to transform into DC plans.
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Dutch roundup: SPMS, Vervoer
Pension fund for medical consultants attributes YTD loss to fixed income holdings
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InterviewsDutch medical specialists: focus on healthy pensions
Marcel Roberts (right), CIO, and Ravien Sewtahal, investment manager of SPMS, the Dutch pension fund for medical specialists, talk to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about risk management and sustainability
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Dutch roundup: SPMS, SPW, ExxonMobile, Hoogovens
Pension fund for medical consultants returns 25% thanks to extensive interest hedge
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NewsSPMS reorganises 'disappointing' alpha portfolio
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension fund reduces number of managers after six years of poor results.
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First-half returns at Dutch scheme SPMS lifted by interest rates
Pension fund for medical consultants returns 1.8% over 2013
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People moves: Elo finds new CEO in Veritas chief Pettersson
Elo, Veritas, SPMS, IHS Markit, Federated Hermes, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, ABP, UBS Asset Management
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Pension fund for Dutch medical specialists indexes pensions by 3.7%
Today’s record-high inflation did not play a role in the decision to provide more indexation
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NewsDutch ‘early bird’ schemes delay pension transition plans
Pension funds that had planned to transition to the new DC system in 2024 are delaying their plans due to lack of capacity with their administrators
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AnalysisDutch doctors fund’s concentrated portfolio a ‘risky strategy’
The risk of missing out on new investment trends is seen as the main drawback of a concentrated portfolio with a buy-and-hold strategy
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Japanese equities return 17.5% over first quarter at SPMS
NETHERLANDS – Pension fund for Dutch medical consultants reports overall Q1 return of 2.75%.
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SPMS considers APG and BlackRock as new providers
NETHERLANDS - The €5bn pension fund for Dutch medical consultants, SPMS, is planning to swap its present pension provider and asset manager Doctors Pension Funds Services (DPFS) for two larger players.
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NewsSPMS pension fund grants 3% indexation despite underfunding
Board says matching standard inflation compensation is both 'achievable and responsible'.
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NewsPassive and sustainable investing in EMD: hard to combine for small funds
EMD had long been considered the last frontier for passive investors, as the asset class was seen as insufficiently liquid and therefore hard to replicate
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NewsDutch pension fund SPMS to increase pension accrual by a third
€5.5bn scheme to increase accrual in bid to offer fully fledged pension arrangements.





