All articles by Leen Preesman – Page 122
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Swiss Life names Dutch asset management CIO
NETHERLANDS - Pension insurer Swiss Life has named Gerard Sirks as chief investment officer of its Dutch arm Zwitserleven, it announced.
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De Geus unveils latest Pensions Bill ideas
NETHERLANDS - Although social affairs minister Aart Jan de Geus still wants the new Pensions Bill come into force as of January 1 2007, he has proposed a one-year transitional period for some aspects.
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Dutch base 'superb' for management
The EU pension directive has opened the way for the Netherlands to become a superb operating base for asset management, says Dirk Witteveen, director of pensions regulator De Nederlandsche Bank. “The Netherlands have already a wide experience with the directive’s ‘prudent person’ approach of the investment rules. Pension fund are ...
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Civil servants favour staged retirement – ABP
NETHERLANDS - Whilst most workers within government and education appreciate the need for working longer, 50% of them would like to work up to 10 years part-time before full retirement, says civil service scheme ABP.
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Ex-ABP, PGGM and ING chiefs back Netspar
NETHERLANDS - Netspar, the new pensions network at Tilburg University, has got the backing of three senior pension industry figures: Dick de Beus, Jean Frijns and Jan Nijssen.
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Dutch recovery relaxed for some funds (Update)
NETHERLANDS – Social affairs minister Aart Jan de Geus says he is no longer insisting on a one-year recovery period for all pension funds whose coverage ratio drops below 105% (Updates to clarify).
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€10bn Grafische names investment head
NETHERLANDS – Grafische Bedrijfsfondsen, the umbrella organisation for the graphics industry’s pension funds, says it has appointed Dirk Wieman as director of investments.
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Dutch actuaries fear stifling FTK
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch Actuarial Society has asked social affairs minister Aart Jan de Geus not to set rules for analysing pension funds.
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Netherlands’ de Geus backs email pensions info
NETHERLANDS - Dutch Pension funds will be allowed to inform their members about the build-up and indexation of their pensions by email, social affairs minister Aart Jan de Geus has said.
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Ageing will change investment behaviour - study
NETHERLANDS - The ageing of the population in Europe will probably lead to lower demand for equities and a higher appetite for bonds, says Dutch research institute Iris.
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Netherlands’ de Geus rejects taxation of AOW
NETHERLANDS - Social affairs minister Aart Jan de Geus says he rejects the opposition Labour Party’s proposal to tax the AOW state pension.
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Dutch insurers oppose mandatory industry schemes
NETHERLANDS - Dutch insurers have voiced their opposition to the mandatory participation of company pension schemes in industry-wide pension funds.
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Raise pension age to 67, says DNB president
NETHERLANDS - The government should seriously consider raising the official retirement age by two years to 67, says De Nederlandsche Bank president Nout Wellink.
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Netherlands superb asset management base – DNB
NETHERLANDS - The EU pension directive has opened the way for the Netherlands to become a superb operating base for asset management, says Dirk Witteveen, director of pensions regulator De Nederlandsche Bank.
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Collectivity remains paramount - VB
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch Association of Industry-wide Pension Funds, VB, doesn’t want to discuss the principles of collectivity and solidarity of the national pension system, said its employees’ chairman Hans van der Windt.
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Blue Sky wins €150m Air UK business
UK – Blue Sky Group, which manages the pension assets of KLM, it to run assets of a UK scheme affiliated to the Dutch airline.
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Philips pension fund hails portfolio split
NETHERLANDS – The Philips Pension Fund says splitting its investments into a liability-matching portfolio and a return portfolio has worked out well.
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External boards key for small schemes - AZL
NETHERLANDS - Small pension funds could extend their board with external professionals, as a way to guarantee their survival as an independent scheme, says Dutch pensions provider and asset manager AZL.
