All articles by Leen Preesman – Page 116
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Dutch minister De Geus nominated for OECD role
NETHERLANDS - Dutch Social Affairs’ minister Aart Jan de Geus has been put forward as deputy secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.
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Achmea appoints ex Dutch MP Bibi de Vries as a director
NETHERLANDS - Financial services provider Achmea has appointed former MP Bibi de Vries, and Kees Sibbing, as director at its department of Corporate Relations, it has announced.
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Dutch early retirees may have to pay extra state pensions contributions
NETHERLANDS - Dutch workers who retire before the official retirement age of 65 with over €15,000 in pension benefits, would have to pay extra contributions for the state pension AOW, the new government suggested according to reports.
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Aon Consulting appoints Hoek to Dutch executive team
NETHERLANDS - Aon Consulting has appointed Wim Hoek as a member of its executive team, the firm has announced.
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Banks to sell supplementary pensions, say majority of Dutch MPs
NETHERLANDS - Banks must be allowed to offer tax-friendly products for additional pensions, according to a majority of MPs in the Dutch parliament.
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Academy links theory with practice
The academic pensions research network Netspar and the Maastricht University Business School have developed an academy for professionals and decision-makers. Academic director Rob Bauer tells Leen Preesman why the scheme is unique
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VB calls for private equity responsibility
NETHERLANDS - Pension funds must act responsibly as private equity investors and should not simply use companies as cash cows and leave them once they are running dry, according to the Dutch Association of Industry-wide Pension Funds (VB).
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Good fishing in property pools
Property investment managers must be inventive finding properties suited to pension funds’ strategies. Pensions provider and asset manager Cordares has responded by setting up international pools for unlisted property, as Leen Preesman discovers
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Equity and property main drivers behind TNT’s returns
NETHERLANDS - Equity and real estate were the main drivers behind the 2006 returns of 8.5% for the postal pension fund TNT, the €4.4bn scheme said.
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Careon’s levensloop participants opt for saving accounts
NETHERLANDS - A very high proportion of the new levensloop specialist Careon’s €40m of assets has been paid into a savings account by participants during the first year, its levensloop director Wouter Peters said.
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Make better use of IORP – Netspar researcher
THE NETHERLANDS - The Dutch pensions sector should consider whether current legislation needs to be extended to cover all options allowed by the European Pensions Directive, says Netspar research.
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Sector welcomes early evaluation of double supervision
THE NETHERLANDS - The Dutch pensions sector has welcomed Social Affairs’ minister Aart Jan de Geus’ promise, that he is willing to examine the issue of the double supervision of pension funds.
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Steelmaker “takes a step backwards” in governance
NETHERLANDS - ABP, PGGM and asset manager Robeco have criticised German steelmaker, ThyssenKrupp for granting its main shareholder, the Krupp family foundation, the right to nominate three members on the 20-seat supervisory board.
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Combine spaarloon and levensloop - insurers
THE NETHERLANDS - The Dutch government should give workers the option of participating in the tax-friendly schemes ‘spaarloon’ and ‘levensloop’ simultaneously, in order to make the latter more attractive, said the Dutch Association of Insurers (VvV).
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ABP could profit from real estate bidding war
THE NETHERLANDS - The €209bn civil service pension fund ABP could enjoy a windfall as a result of a bidding war between two large property investors in the USA.
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Many Dutch schemes still have to implement FTK - KPMG
THE NETHERLANDS - One-third of Dutch pension funds have failed to fully implement the new financial assessment framework FTK as of 1 January, a KPMG survey has shown.
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Stork verdict wins all-round approval
THE NETHERLANDS - All parties involved in the dispute between industrial conglomerate Stork and the hedge funds Centaurus and Paulson have indicated to be satisfied for now with the decision of the Amsterdam court of justice.
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ECCE: new centre for European sustainable investment
EUROPE - The European Centre for Corporate Engagement for information on corporate social responsibility and sustainable investment has started work.
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Equity and real estate boost PMT and PME returns
THE NETHERLANDS - Equity investments in emerging markets and real estate were the main contributors to 2006 returns of 8.7% and 3.4%, reported by the large Dutch industry-wide metal schemes PMT and PME respectively.
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ABP and Robeco support Stork as hedge funds win case
NETHERLANDS - The institutional investors Robeco and the €201bn civil service pension fund ABP have voiced support for the temporary protection of industrial conglomerate Stork against Anglo-Saxon hedge funds Paulson and Centaurus.
