All articles by Leen Preesman – Page 130
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Dutch MPs want longer pension recovery period
NETHERLANDS - Pension funds must get more time to erase deficits in order to prevent higher premiums during bad times, say a majority of the Dutch parliament during interim budget discussions.
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Dutch rail scheme SPF to help smaller schemes
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch industry-wide scheme SPF Beheer is offering support services to smaller pension funds which prefer to stay independent.
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Dutch chemicals firm DSM shifts risks to staff
NETHERLANDS - Chemicals group DSM is the first listed Dutch company to shift the investment risks of its pension funds to its employees, according to reports.
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Fortis offers €1.6bn for NIB Capital, paper says
NETHERLANDS – Banking and insurance group Fortis has offered €1.6bn for NIB Capital, the bank owned by the two largest Dutch pension funds, according to Dutch daily Het Financieele Dagblad.
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MN Services changes management structure
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension manager MN Services has named Wouter Pelser as co-head of asset management in a bid to enhance efficiency.
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Asset allocation decisive, Compendeon says
NETHERLANDS - A simple countries model as part of a tactical asset allocation model can be extremely useful for explaining and predicting returns, says Dutch management consultant Compendeon.
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Dutch pension governance group gets new head
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch treasury official is to take over from former Unilever pension executive Jos van Niekerk as director of the Dutch Foundation for Corporate Governance Research for Pension Funds, or SCGOP.
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Dutch casino group names new pensions head
NETHERLANDS - Bert Borgman has taken over from Pim Visser as director of the pensions bureau at gaming firm Holland Casino.
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New EU members 'need three-pillar system’
EUROPE - The 10 new EU member states ought to encourage defined benefit-type pension schemes and introduce three-pillar systems, according to a report from consultant Pragma.
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Dutch building fund changes name, seeks clients
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch social fund for the building industry, or SFB, has changed its name and says it will intensify its efforts in finding new clients.
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Improved Dutch schemes good for premiums – DNB
NETHERLANDS – The better financial position of Dutch pension funds in 2004 may mean that the period of higher premiums might be coming to an end says director Dirk Witteveen of the pensions regulator De Nederlandsche Bank.
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Dutch ‘could miss out in pan-European market’
NETHERLANDS – The Netherlands could fall behind in the pan-European pensions market, an industry executive has warned.
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Dutch pensions bill delayed (Update)
NETHERLANDS - The new Dutch pensions legislation won’t be ratified by January 1 2006, the Dutch minister for Social Affairs Aart Jan de Geus has indicated in a letter to the parliament (Updates with comment).
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Professor slams Dutch pension tax discrimination
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch tax system discriminates against entrepreneurs as they build up their pensions, according to professor Gerry Dietvorst of Tilburg University.
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Dutch cabinet consults on later retirement
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch government has started a consultation process on removing legal obstacles for people who prefer to keep on working after the present retirement age of 65.
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Philips pension scheme in liability move
NETHERLANDS – As part of a new investment strategy, the €13bn Philips’ pension fund has created separate portfolios for liabilities and returns, according to its annual report.
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Real estate best performer at TNO scheme
NETHERLANDS - Real estate was the best performing asset class - yielding returns of 32.3% - of the pension scheme of Dutch technical research institute TNO in 2004.
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Kas Bank says commission income rises 10%
NETHERLANDS - Kas Bank’s commission income developed in line with the last-year’s trend – a rise of approximately 10% - during the first quarter of 2005, it said in a statement.
