All articles by Leen Preesman – Page 107
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VB behind API if schemes remain mandatory
[16:30 CET 07-03] NETHERLANDS - The Association of Industry-wide Pensions Funds (VB) supports the new general pensions vehicle API, if the position of mandatory industry-wide schemes remains fully intact.
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NewsAegon’s UK pension sales drop 8%
[15:30 CET 06-03] NETHERLANDS - Aegon’s pensions sales in the UK dropped by 8% to £227m (€297m) during the fourth quarter, driven by lower sales of both group and individual pensions, the insurer said.
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OPF warns of increased wind-ups prospect
[16:50 CET 04-03] NETHERLANDS - The government needs to speed up its plans for modernisation of the Dutch pension system, or it risks increasing the number of collective schemes moving into wind-up, according to the Foundation of Company Pensions Funds (OPF).
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Delta Lloyd asks €1bn for ABN Amro stake
[16:00 CET 29-02] NETHERLANDS – Banking and insurance group Fortis may have to fork out around €1bn if it wants to acquire Delta Lloyd’s 51% stake in ABN Amro’s insurance activities, according to Delta Lloyd chairman Niek Hoek.
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PGGM shifts €10bn into passive
[16:05 CET 27-02] NETHERLANDS - Asset manager PGGM has sacked over a dozen external asset managers for underperformance of their actively-managed portfolios and moved a ninth of its assets into passive management.
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Optas Foundation refuses to budge on sale proceeds
[13:00 CET 22-02] NETHERLANDS - Proceeds of the sale of insurer Optas Group to Aegon, worth €1.3bn are owned by the Optas Foundation, and not by the pension fund for harbour workers BPVH, officials at the foundation have insisted.
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Eumedion slams corporate governance rules
[16:00 CET 21-02] NETHERLANDS - Eumedion, the platform for institutional investors, has rejected most of the proposals in the first drafts of new legislation on shareholders’ rights as unnecessary rules which do not sit well with other EU states’ activity.
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Pension funds are "legal owners of pension assets"
NETHERLANDS - Pension funds are the only owners of pensions assets so legislation is required to prevent pension assets from draining away in the event of mergers, transformation of pension providers or liquidation, according to Dutch pension fund lobby organisations.
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NewsDentists' scheme grants 1.6% indexation
[16:15 CET 15-02] NETHERLANDS - The occupational pension fund for dentists and dentist specialists SPT has granted its participants an indexation of 1.6%.
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NewsABP increases microfinance lead
[11:00 CET 15-02] NETHERLANDS – ABP, the €216bn civil service pension fund has increased its lead in the asset class segment with an additional $25m (€17m) investment in the microfinance private equity fund Catalyst Microfinance Investors (CMI).
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NewsVB appoints Gerard Riemen as director
[16:00 CET 14-02] NETHERLANDS - The Dutch Association of industry-wide pension funds (VB) has appointed Gerard Riemen as its new director.
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NewsWheel and tyre scheme selects Mn Services
[14:30 CET 14-02] NETHERLANDS - The €150m pension fund for the wheel and tyre industry has chosen pension provider MN Services as fiduciary manager for its assets.
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NewsDozens of schemes face recovery plan - Mercer
[16:15 CET 12-02] NETHERLANDS - The financial buffers of dozens of Dutch pension funds have dropped below the minimum level set by regulator De Nederlandsche Bank, Mercer has claimed.
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Equity returns ‘consistently up’ - DNB
[16:00 CET 07-02] NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds’ returns on direct investments – and on listed companies in particular – have consistently increased since 2006.
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OPG schemes hires BoNYM
[14:30 CET 07-02] NETHERLANDS - The €219m Stichting Pensioenfonds OPG has appointed BNY Mellon Asset Servicing as its global custodian.
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Dutch schemes could save by commuting benefits - KPMG
[13:30 CET 06-02] NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds and insurers are missing out on considerable cost savings by choosing not to commute the pensions of deferred participants, the consultancy KPMG has claimed.
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Unilever scheme grants 4% indexation
NETHERLANDS - Progress, the €4bn pension fund of Unilever Netherlands, has granted its active participants an indexation of 4.03% over 2007.
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Scheme future depends on fraud investigation – Philips
[15:30 CET 01-02] NETHERLANDS – Officials at electronics giant Philips say any financial support by the sponsoring company, to fill the shortfall caused by the property fraud at its pension fund, will depend on the outcome of the current investigation into the damage and liabilities.
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Dutch government 'positive' towards VAT exemption
[16:00 CET 30-01] NETHERLANDS - The Dutch government has abandoned its opposition to a proposed EU Directive giving pension funds VAT exemption on management services.
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NewsEmployers wade into disability insurance pensions row
[15:00 CET 28-01] NETHERLANDS - Employers’ organization VNO-NCW has thrown its weight behind the insurers’ opposition to a proposal allowing pension funds to sell income protection schemes as a disability insurance pension.
