All articles by Tjibbe Hoekstra – Page 16
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Pension funds ratchet up search for private market alternatives
At the same time new searches for listed equity and bond managers fell to new lows, with the exception of EM
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Dutch funding ratios hit highest levels
At 128%, average funding ratios of Dutch pension funds have hit their highest levels since 2008 despite heavy investment losses
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Country ReportNetherlands: Dutch pension funds make early switch to DC
There are various HR and corporate motives for switching to defined contribution arrangements before the new pension system comes into play in the Netherlands
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Country ReportNetherlands: Pension transition drives consolidation
Pension schemes are turning to mergers as one way to cope with the rising costs of complying with greater regulation
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Special ReportNetherlands: Rising funding ratios with a bitter side taste
Dutch funding ratios have continued to rise, but are being overshadowed by inflation concerns and enormous investment losses
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Opinion PiecesNotes from Amsterdam: Reform speeds up consolidation
With each passing day the likelihood diminishes that the law on the future of pensions (Wet toekomst pensioenen) will come into force as planned on 1 January next year. The law was sent to parliament in spring this year, but a date for parliamentary discussion is yet to be set.
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SNS Reaal fund ditches EM fossil fuel producers
The move is part of the €4.2bn pension fund switch from mostly passive to fully active management in EM equities
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Pension funds expected to become largest sellers on private equity secondary market in H2
Interim sales of private equity investments worldwide have grown steadily from $40bn in 2015 to $132bn in 2021, says Bain Capital
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Dutch retail fund runs into trouble with new Capgemini admin system
Pensioenfonds Detailhandel is the French IT firm’s first client for pension administration
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Dutch GP fund blacklists China over human rights concerns
The fund has excluded investments in Chinese government bonds and state-owned firms
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Dutch agri fund sells lower-rated govvies
By reducing or eliminating its allocation to countries such as France and Italy, BPL Pensioen wants to prevent excessive exposure to highly indebted countries
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PGGM, MN start operational due diligence cooperation
The cooperation is to lead to efficiency gains for the two pension investors as well as their external managers
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NewsDutch pension funds lose more than €100bn in Q2
But thanks to rising interest rates, funding ratios have gone up
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Dutch pharmacist fund ups equity risk in new pension system
Pensioenfonds Openbare Apothekers (SPOA) is the first professional fund to have designed a pension arrangement for the new DC pension system
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NewsNew Goldman roles for NN IP leadership team
The announcement of new roles for NN IP’s senior leadership comes just weeks after the firm’s head of fiduciary management Maureen Schlejen left the firm for Cardano/Actiam
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Dutch IBM fund hedges inflation risk completely
The scheme also plans to start investing in green bonds
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PGGM, Alecta sign €2.1bn credit risk sharing deal with German bank
The transaction on a portfolio of corporate loans shifts 20% of default risk to the two pension investors
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Dutch physiotherapist scheme goes passive with custom-made ESG benchmark
The fund has swapped €400m in fund investments for a passively managed ESG mandate
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EU taxonomy decision increases reporting burden for pension funds
Critics of the Commission’s proposal to brand nuclear energy and natural gas as sustainable energy sources have reacted with disappointment, and the credibility of the EU’s taxonomy was called into question
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Trust in Dutch pension funds shoots up to post-great financial crisis high
Confidence among the public in Dutch pension funds’ ability to meet their liabilities to pensioners has risen to 62%, the highest level since 2008
