All articles by Leen Preesman – Page 127
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The case for keeping it simple
Pension funds are doing well in solving disputes with their members, and they are even improving. This is the view of Dutch Pensions Ombudsman Piet Keizer. “There is a clear trend towards better information and dealing with members’ complaints. A growing number of funds have their own complaints’ schemes, which ...
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Solidarity between generations
Communication between pension funds to their members is the best way of keeping the collective solidarity between the generations in an ageing population. “Communication and information of the pension funds to their members is paramount,” stated social affairs’ minister Aart Jan de Geus speaking at the ABP Rendez-vous. “It ...
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Hermes chooses Ortec ALM system
NETHERLANDS -- Hermes Investment Management has chosen consultancy and software developer Ortec as supplier of its asset liability management system, the Dutch company has announced.
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Dutch schemes face €105bn shortfall – Watson
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds are facing a combined shortfall of €105bn - taking into account full indexation for future inflation and salary rises – says Watson Wyatt Netherlands.
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Dutch pensioners ‘still not involved in funds’
NETHERLANDS – Pensioners are still not sufficiently involved in the running of Dutch pension funds, says the Social Economic Council, or SER.
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No relaxation of FTK says DNB director
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch pensions regulator DNB isn’t considering a relaxation of the rules of the new financial assessment framework, or FTK, director Dirk Witteveen has indicated.
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New ABP scheme to increase retirement age
NETHERLANDS - As of 2006, the million members of Dutch civil service pension fund ABP will have to deal with a new scheme, which will overall increase their pension date, it said in a statement.
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Aegon offering levensloop investment account
NETHERLANDS - Insurer Aegon has introduced an account for the ‘levensloop’, or life-course, scheme which offers the possibility of saving as well as investing, it said.
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Dutch pension governance code leaked
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds will be allowed to appoint supervisors themselves under new governance rules, according to Het Financieele Dagblad.
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Netherlands’ Akkermans boosts pension team
NETHERLANDS - Dutch consultancy Akkermans & Partners has hired Rob Simon as director of its new pension communication service, it said.
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Dutch insurers in spat with ABP, PGGM - paper
NETHERLANDS – Dutch insurers have accused the two largest pension funds ABP and PGGM of unfairly using their positions to actively market ‘levensloop’, or life-course, products to their members.
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Dutch SCGOP changes name and chairman
NETHERLANDS – The Dutch Foundation of Corporate Governance Research for Pension Funds, or SCGOP, has changed its name and plans to widen its membership.
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Netherlands’ de Geus won’t touch pension rights
NETHERLANDS - Unless in case of ‘catastrophic circumstances’, Dutch social affairs minister Aart Jan de Geus won’t interfere in the acquired pension rights of the baby boom generation to benefit younger workers, he said.
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VB launches broadside against government
NETHERLANDS - The government must stop issuing new regulations for the pensions industry and create a stable climate for pension funds, says the Association of Industry-wide Pension Funds, or VB.
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Equities return 11% for Dutch schemes
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds made returns of more than 11% on equity in the first half of the year, Statistics Netherlands, or CBS, has reported.
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Dutch schemes face 15-year ‘continuity analysis’
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds should be prepared to make a continuity analysis for the next 15 years, according to Dirk Witteveen, director of pensions regulator De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB).
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Dutch FTK delayed for pension funds
NETHERLANDS – The Dutch central bank has confirmed that the FTK, the new Financial Assessment Framework, will now be delayed by a year to January 1 2007.
