All articles by Cyril Widdershoven – Page 5
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PGGM names Overmeer to investment board
NETHERLANDS – Dutch health care sector pension fund PGGM has named Jan Overmeer to its three-strong investment board committee.
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PME leads Dutch funds’ 2005 returns
NETHERLANDS – Dutch industry-wide pension fund PME, the industry-wide Metalektro fund, posted a 19% overall yield in 2005, its highest-ever returns and the highest among the sectoral funds for the second consecutive year. Its fourth-quarter 2005 return was 2.6%.
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DNB criticises ABP, PGGM
NETHERLANDS - The DNB, the Dutch regulator, has alleged that ABP and PGGM, the two largest Dutch pension funds, have disregarded the rules regarding the marketing of ‘levensloop’, or life course schemes.
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Dutch pensioners better off than before
NETHERLANDS – The average Dutch pensioner is becoming wealthier than previously, according to a Dutch Central Statistical Office (CBS) report.
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Eumedion raises Tabaksblatt pressure
NETHERLANDS – Investment platform Eumedion has written to the 75 largest Dutch companies urging them to improve their overall implementation of the Tabaksblatt corporate governance code.
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ABN Amro lifts investment fund fees
NETHERLANDS – ABN Amro will raise the fees charged on most of its investment funds on 1 April.
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Dutch schemes losing out on bonds - statistics
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds and insurers’ fixed income portfolios returned –0.2% in the third quarter of 2005, according to the national statistics office.
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Dutch schemes in deal with Altera Vastgoed
NETHERLANDS – The Stork and PNO Media pension funds are to transfer their €90m Dutch real estate portfolio to, and become shareholders in, real estate group Altera Vastgoed.
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KPN reaches new pension agreement
NETHERLANDS -- Telecoms giant KPN has reached a new two-year collective labour agreement (CAO) with Dutch trade union ABVAKABO FNV under which in addition to a structural salary increase of 1.5% from January 2006 and 1.5% from January 2007, KPN has agreed to pay 2% of a salary into the ...
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ABP cuts pension premiums in unexpected move
NETHERLANDS – ABP, the largest Dutch pension fund, says its pension costs for members will be lower than last year.
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Dutch experts split over pensions body
NETHERLANDS -- Opinion on the need for a specialised Dutch pensions ministry is sharply divided.
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Mercer’s Dutch chief Verschuren to leave
NETHERLANDS – Frank Verschuren, general director of Mercer Human Resources Consulting Netherlands, is to leave the firm after 25 years.
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Former DNB pension supervisor joins Mercer
NETHERLANDS – Rein van Dam, a former director of pensions supervision at De Nederlandsche Bank, has joined Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
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Metal scheme opts for own levensloop offering
NETHERLANDS --The industry-wide pension fund for the metalworking and engineering sectors, PMT, has decided to provide its own collective ‘levensloop’, or life-course, scheme rather than follow a collective scheme approach favoured by other funds.
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Turkish fund wins national steelmaker tender
TURKEY - Turkish armed forces pension fund OYAK made the highest bid for a 46.12% stake in the country's biggest steel company, Erdemir.
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New regulator backs NIVRA on IFRS
NETHERLANDS -- The IFRS accounting rules require than companies with a pension fund that is part of an industry-wide scheme are required to carry their pension liabilities on their balance sheet, according to the new Dutch regulator for the financial markets, or AFM.
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Winter appointed to AFM board
NETHERLANDS - Dutch finance minister Gerrit Zalm has appointed Jaap Winter to the supervisory board of the Financial Markets Authority (AFM).
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Ready for take off
Toine van der Stee, who took over as managing director of Blue Sky Group recently, is a relative new comer to the pension sector and appears very upbeat about current developments. “I always make a comparison between the pension sector and other financial sectors in the Netherlands,” he says “Some ...
