All articles by Tjibbe Hoekstra
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NewsBPL Pension to allocate €1bn to impact investments
The €25bn pension scheme for the agri- and horticultural sector will invest 80% of the new portfolio in private debt and 20% in private equity
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NewsPrivate credit biggest threat, but auto-enrolment can ‘make Europe great again’
EIOPA conference: the biggest threats to financial stability are in record-high public debt and the rapid expansion of private credit sector
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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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NewsNegative 2025 returns for Dutch pension funds
Funding ratios rose, however, thanks to rising interest rates
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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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NewsDutch social housing pension fund appoints Kempen as fiduciary manager
The €15bn pension scheme for the social housing sector was on the lookout for a new fiduciary since 2024
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NewsDutch frontrunner pension funds award increases below inflation
The five Dutch pension funds that converted DB accruals to DC in the first half of 2025 will increase pensions between 0.6% and 2.7% this year
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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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Analysis8 million Dutch to see DB pensions converted to DC on 1 January 2026
The 23 pension funds to do so include €248bn healthcare scheme PFZW and PMT, the €86bn sector fund for the metals processing industry
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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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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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AnalysisIPE Netherlands Briefing: Dutch GP fund defies buy-and-hold equity promise
Plus: With the Dutch pension transition gearing up, the Dutch market for buyouts, estimated to be worth some €20-30bn, appears to be accelerating
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AnalysisDutch GP fund equity shake-up defies buy-and-hold promise
The Dutch pension fund for doctors introduced a new concentrated equities strategy at the start of the year, promising ‘as few transactions as possible’
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NewsKlaus Stiefermann elected chair of PensionsEurope
Stiefermann succeeds Jacques van Dijken, who had to step down because of the Dutch pension federation leaving PensionsEurope
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NewsIORP II review: Commission wants pension funds to explain underperformance
The Commission’s supplementary pensions reform package also includes an auto-enrolment recommendation and measures to make the Pan-European Pension Product (PEPP) more attractive
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NewsMSCI: Extreme heat and rainfall biggest climate risks for pension funds
Research found that around a quarter of companies’ assets are concentrated in high-hazard zones, with a relatively high risk of being affected by extreme weather events
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NewsDutch insurers see buyout market accelerate
As funding ratios rise across the board, buyout deals have seen a growing number of Dutch company pension schemes show interest
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AnalysisEuropean pension funds pile into private markets
Institutional investors in Europe are boosting allocations to private credit, despite concerns about the quality of debt deals
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NewsDutch funds for postmen, butchers invest €220m in impact private debt
New Article 9 fund, which consists of two sub-funds managed by Eiffel Investment Group, will invest in impact-driven private credit in the Benelux region and Europe
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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
