All articles by Leen Preesman – Page 108
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Emerging markets tops BPF Bouw returns
[11:00 CET 23-01] NETHERLANDS - Equity investments in emerging countries were the best returning asset class of the €26bn pension fund for the construction industry BPF Bouw and generated returns of over 30% in 2007.
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PGGM disinvests on PetroChina because of human rights
[15:50 CET 18-01] NETHERLANDS - The €88bn health care pension fund PGGM is withdrawing its €37m investments in oil company PetroChina, because of the firm’s human rights violations in Sudan.
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NIBE-SVV picks Delta Lloyd
[13:20 CET 18-01] NETHERLANDS – The Dutch knowledge institute for the bank, insurance and investment industry (NIBE-SVV) has placed its pension contract with life insurer Delta Lloyd.
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PMT and PME fund returns reflect commodity surge
[16:35 CET 17-01] NETHERLANDS - Spectacular yields of 37.3% on commodities and 31.9% on timber, US life insurances and Chinese equity contributed to the 5.2% overall returns in 2007 of the €22bn metal pension fund PME.
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TNT's commodities return 30.5%
[16:15 CET 16-01] NETHERLANDS - Commodities were the best returning asset class of the €4.5bn postal pension fund TNT last year, returning 30.5% in 12 months.
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ABP sees strong profit in alternatives
[15:00 CET 16-01] NETHERLANDS - Alternative investments was the best returning asset class for the large civil service pension scheme ABP, while total returns on investments reached 3.8% during 2007.
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Pharmacies' scheme gives 1.25% indexation
[14:30 CET 14-01] NETHERLANDS - The €1.1bn pension fund for pharmacies’ staff PMA has granted its participants an indexation of 1.25%.
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OPG pension looks to Blue Sky
[16:30 CET 11-01] NETHERLANDS – Corporate pension fund OPG has chosen Blue Sky Group as its provider of administration and board support.
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NewsPension funds fight IFRS
[13:20 CET 08-01] NETHERLANDS - Dutch umbrella organisations for pension funds and employers are mounting a joint effort to prevent the accounting rules of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) from undermining the Dutch pension system.
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NewsAOW needs funding gap filled fast - research
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pensioners will increasingly have to contribute to the financing of the state pension AOW if present legislation is left unchanged, according to a study just released.
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Code of conduct matches principles shift
[14:30 CET 07-01] NETHERLANDS - Umbrella organisations for the Dutch pension funds have launched a new code of conduct, which is more principle-based than the earlier ruled-based regime.
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Donner proposes ‘no fixed form’ to API 'institutions'
[17:00 CET 04-01] NETHERLANDS – Creation of new Dutch general pensions institutions, known as APIs, will not be given a fixed legal form to give overseas players flexibility in the market, according to Social Affairs’ minister Piet Hein Donner.
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Dutch pension assets "top EU countries"
[12:00 CET 20-12] EUROPE - Dutch pensions assets are highest of all EU countries relative to the nation’s gross domestic product as the amount invested totals 176% of GDP, according to a study.
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Government makes u-turn on high earner pensions tax
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch government has backtracked on its initial plan to limit the fiscal support for the build-up of a pension on incomes of over €185,000.
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DNB find schemes "too liberal" in assumptions
[16:00 CET 18-12] NETHERLANDS – "A number" of pension funds are too liberal in the expected returns assumptions used as a basis for establishing costs covering contributions, according to pension regulator De Nederlandsche Bank.
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Indexation label 'not strong enough' - Aon
[16:15 CET 17-12] NETHERLANDS - The new indexation label for pension funds’ participants should not only indicate the expected quality of the future indexation, but also provide clarity on the entire pension arrangements, consulting firm Aon has argued.
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VB calls for removal of pensions merger barriers
[16:00 CET 17-12] NETHERLANDS - The government should increase the competitiveness of the Dutch pension sector by removing fiscal barriers to scheme mergers, instead of abolishing mandatory participation, the Association of Industry-wide Pension Funds (VB) has suggested.
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Military unions place levensloop with Aegon
[16:15 CET 14-12] NETHERLANDS - Three unions for military personnel have made arrangements to set up a ‘levensloop’, or life course, scheme with insurer Aego, instead of placing contributions with the scheme of their employer, the ministry of Defence.
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Empower supervisory boards, say top economists
NETHERLANDS - Supervisory boards should be given more power to deal with activist shareholders and private equity players, in order to avoid negative effects on a company’s long-term value, Dutch economists have claimed.
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Banks granted right to sell pensions products
[12:00 CET 13-12] NETHERLANDS - Dutch banks will be competing with insurers from January to offer tax-friendly savings products as additional pensions plans.
