All articles by Leen Preesman – Page 121
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Petercam Netherlands lose half its directors
NETHERLANDS - Three of the six directors of stockbroker Petercam Netherlands will leave the company to start their own hedge fund, they have announced.
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Shareholders to vote on corporate governance - Eumedion
NETHERLANDS - The shareholders of a listed company should have a vote on its corporate governance policy, in order to achieve an adequate motivation in case of a deviation of the Tabaksblat Code, said Eumedion, the platform for corporate governance.
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ABP takes 100% stake in Loyalis as levensloop comes under fire
NETHERLANDS - Civil service pension fund ABP has increased its stake in its subsidiary company Loyalis from 20% to 100%, it has announced.
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ABP eyes non-listed sector amid short-termism
Europe’s largest pension fund, the Dutch civil service giant ABP, is planning to shift the accent of its investments to non-listed companies and real estate, says chief investment officer Roderick Munsters. The main reasons are the increasing short-term thinking within the listed sector, and the growing pressure of corporate governance ...
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Netherlands to force funds to disclose voting
NETHERLANDS - Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm wants to force pension funds, insurers and banks to disclose the way they vote at company annual general meetings.
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MN Services, Cordares pool investment expertise
NETHERLANDS - The two largest Dutch pension providers, MN Services and Cordares, have decided to intensify their cooperation by pooling their investment expertise.
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Dutch to abolish civil service retirement age
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch cabinet want to abolish the compulsory retirement age of 65 for civil servants, in order to encourage employees to working longer, it said.
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Dutch schemes face sanctions from AFM regulator
NETHERLANDS – The Autoriteit Financiële Markten financial market watchdog says dozens of Dutch pension funds still don’t fully comply with its market conduct rules.
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MN Services, Robeco at odds over fund mergers
NETHERLANDS – Forced mergers between smaller pension funds are undesirable because they’ll become dependent on big banks, says MN Services.
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Netherlands: class action service launched
NETHERLANDS - A new service has been launched for institutions wanting to bring class action lawsuits against US companies.
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Large schemes’ funding ratio rises to 139% - DNB
NETHERLANDS – The coverage ratio of Holland’s 75 largest pension funds rose to 139% in the first quarter from 128% at the end of 2005, according to the pensions regulator De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB).
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Leave minimum entrance age to sector - VB
NETHERLANDS - The decision on the minimum age workers can join a pension fund should not be set in law, but be left to the respective sectors, says the VB.
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PME names new chief pensions officer
NETHERLANDS – PME, the industry-wide pension fund for the Dutch engineering sector and the third-largest scheme in the country, says it has appointed Hans van der Windt as its new chief pensions officer.
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ABP eyes non-listed sector amid short-termism
NETHERLANDS - Europe’s largest pension fund, the Dutch civil service giant ABP, is planning to shift the accent of its investments to non-listed companies and real estate, says chief investment officer Roderick Munsters.
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Shell may pool international pension assets
NETHERLANDS – Oil giant Shell is looking at pooling the assets of some of its main international pension funds under the Netherlands’ new tax-transparent asset pooling vehicle ‘Fonds voor Gemene Rekening’.
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Equity and real estate drive Stork’s returns
NETHERLANDS - With returns of 29.3% and 29.1% respectively, equity and real estate were the main drivers behind a 14.7% annual return last year at the €2.9bn pension fund of industrial group Stork.
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NYSE-Euronext tie could hit governance - ABP
NETHERLANDS – Giant Dutch civil service pension fund ABP fears the planned merger between Euronext and the New York Stock Exchange could lead to ‘Americanisation’ of European corporate governance.
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Small Dutch funds must consolidate – Robeco
NETHERLANDS – Small Dutch pension funds need to consolidate into two or three large national schemes to stay competitive in Europe, says Robeco chief executive George Moller.
