All articles by Leen Preesman – Page 115
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ABP to study structure change
NETHERLANDS - The board of Europe’s largest pension fund is looking at ways to stave off regulatory pressure on its additional insurance products.
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Aegon to acquire group pension specialist Optas
NETHERLANDS - Aegon has reached agreement to acquire its fellow-life insurer and group pension specialist, Optas in a €1.3bn transaction.
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ABP doubles micro credit allocation
NETHERLANDS – The €209bn civil service pension fund ABP has announced that is has doubled its investment in emerging market micro credit. Its allocation now totals more than €15m.
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Dutch unions take on hedge funds via pension schemes
NETHERLANDS - ‘Union-unfriendly’ companies might face Dutch unions using pension funds investment policy as a weapon to force a change of tack, warned union umbrella grouping FNV.
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Swagten to head Akkermans’ research bureau
NETHERLANDS – Pensions consultant Hans Swagten has been appointed director of Akkermans & Partners research bureau.
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Aegon sees CEE growth
NETHERLANDS - Membership of Aegon’s pension schemes in Hungary rose by 32% to over 628,000 last year. In Slovakia the company registered 154,000 new members to the mandatory pension fund, bringing the total to over 200,000.
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Tata sticks to initial offer on Corus schemes
GLOBAL - Tata Steel is sticking to its initial offer to inject £126m (€185m) into Corus UK’s Engineering Steels Pension Scheme, Corus said.
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Dutch Actuarial Society loses managing director
NETHERLANDS - Ineke Schoenmaker, the managing director of the Actuarial Society (AG), has left the organisation as of March 1.
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Dutch TNO to shift to average salary
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch technical research institute TNO and its employees’ council have agreed on a shift from final salary to average salary pensions, Stichting Pensioenfonds TNO announced.
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Dutch housing fund earns 31% on real estate
NETHERLANDS - High returns on property were a main contributor to the 8.9% overall performance of the industry-wide pension fund for housing corporations, SPW.
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Robeco takes full control of Transtrend
NETHERLANDS - Asset manager Robeco has fully acquired the managed futures trader Transtrend, it announced.
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Property returns boost KLM schemes
NETHERLANDS - Spectacular returns on real estate investments were behind the returns of up to 11.8% on KLM’s three pension funds, they announced.
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DNB supports ABN Amro against hedge fund
NETHERLANDS - The president of the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) Nout Wellink has voiced support for ABN Amro, after demands in a letter from the hedge fund TCI for it to break up.
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Dutch pension law needs flexibility – consultant
Netherlands - The funding ratio standard in the new Dutch FTK pension fund framework (nFTK) should be reduced in line with the EU occupational pensions directive, according to pension consultant Pierre Akkermans.
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Hedge fund urges ABN Amro break-up
UK/NETHERLANDS - British hedge fund, TCI has demanded Dutch banking group, ABN Amro put itself up for sale or to break up in order to increase the value of the company.
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Dutch pension groups call for clarity on tax
NETHERLANDS - The three umbrella organisations of Dutch pension funds have called for clarity following an announcement by the incoming government of an intention to levy additional taxation on those who take early retirement to fund the state pension, the AOW.
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Fidelity adds commodities and real estate to mixed new fund
NETHERLANDS - Fidelity International has launched a mixed investment fund, which also includes commodities and indirect property, in addition to the traditional asset classes equity, fixed income and currency, it said.
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Loyalis ‘levensloop’ participants shun investment risk
NETHERLANDS - Over half of the €255m of contributions into the tax-friendly ‘levensloop’, or life course, scheme of Loyalis, has been invested in the option without investment risk.
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SPW grants total indexation of 6%
NETHERLANDS - The industrywide pension fund for building societies, SPW, has decided to grant its active members a total indexation of almost 6%.
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Achmea to start €10bn covered bond programme
NETHERLANDS - Achmea Hypotheekbank has said it will issue a €10bn covered bond programme aimed at institutional investors.
