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KPN pension fund to invest up to €700m in private debt
The €10bn pension fund considers the asset class a vehicle for impact investing
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Primevest Capital Partners completes the sale of Dutch FTTH portfolio to KPN
Primevest Capital Partners, a prominent pan-European investment management company in passive infrastructure of fiber-optic networks, has announced the successful sale of its Dutch Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) portfolio to KPN, a leading telecommunications company in the Netherlands.
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KPN scheme switches European equity portfolio to best-in-class
The pension fund is also working on increasing its allocation to private equity
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KPN 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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Pensioenfonds DHL picks Aegon AM as fiduciary manager
The Dutch scheme of postal company DHL wants to concentrate all investment services in one mandate to reduce the board’s workload
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Dutch company schemes to award additional indexation
Steep rises in funding ratios of the Philips, Unilever and KPN pension funds in 2021 enable them to compensate for missed indexation in previous years
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Dutch telecoms provider KPN to introduce retirement flexibility
Rules introduced last year allow variable benefits at retirement
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Dutch roundup: Getronics, KPN, Stap, Hunter Douglas, PME
Pension fund for Getronics to be liquidated after struggling to ensure ‘continuity’
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KPN pension fund overhauls portfolio to increase risk exposure
New financial assessment framework enables longer investment horizon, scheme says
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Pension funds for telecoms giant KPN to merge
Schemes to join at employer’s request, according to chairman
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Derivatives account for two-thirds of annual returns at KPN scheme
Listed real estate returns more than 26% at soon-to-be-merged scheme
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People moves: LGPS Central appoints private and public market heads
Plus: DC Investment Forum picks chair, vice-chair; Lombard Odier names new chief operating officer
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Dutch pension schemes continue to increase interest rate hedges
Some funds have further reduced their interest rate risk to protect their funding ratios in the run-up to the switch to DC
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Pension fund for KPN beats benchmark with 13% return
NETHERLANDS – Scheme for telecommunications company beats index by 1.3 percentage points.
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Dutch roundup: KPN, C&A, Unilever, Provisum, Progress
Move to decrease risk means only inflation-linked bunds to be considered by €4.7bn DC scheme.
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KPN Pensioen alters its lifecycle product
[13:00 CET 24-02] NETHERLANDS – The hybrid pension scheme of Dutch telecoms provider KPN is altering the asset allocation strategy of its lifecycle fund from April, in a bid to improve the risk control of members’ assets as they head towards retirement.
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Dutch KPN pledges €120m for pensions
[15:30 CET 27-01] NETHERLANDS – The Dutch telecoms giant KPN today said the cover ratio of its €430m pension fund dropped to 94% at the end of last year, requiring the corporation to inject around €120m into its fund over the course of this year.
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KPN pension scheme boosts interest hedge using swaptions
NETHERLANDS - The €4.7bn pension fund of telecommunications giant KPN has increased its strategic interest hedge from 70% to 100% and introduced swaptions to minimise the risk of a very low funding ratio. The options on swaps allow the scheme to benefit from rising interest rates as well, the ...
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KPN scheme lowers fixed income risk profile
NETHERLANDS – The pension fund of telecoms firm KPN reduced its exposure to government bonds of eurozone and emerging economies last year in a bid to reduce its risk profile.
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KPN to plug €390m pension funding gap
[16:15 CEST 03-04] NETHERLANDS – KPN, the Dutch telecommunications giant, is planning to contribute another €390m to its pension fund over the next five years, in a bid to raise its funding level to 105%.