All articles by Leen Preesman – Page 61
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Dutch metal scheme PMT to increase contribution by 2%
NETHERLANDS – Beleaguered fund has already announced rights cut of 7% in April 2013.
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NewsDutch investors falling short on sustainability policies
NETHERLANDS – Organisation VBDO calls on pension funds to act more 'systematically'.
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NewsDutch schemes won't be forced to lower pension contributions
NETHERLANDS – Social partners to use freed assets to improve other pension arrangements.
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NewsPension fund for Dutch civil servants to increase contribution to 25.4%
NETHERLANDS – Cites increasing life expectancy, 'developments' among participants.
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NewsPFZW to stand by indexation promise in pensions contract
NETHERLANDS – Scheme 'prepared' for switch from nominal contract to plan based on real terms.
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NewsDutch regulator warns schemes over interest-rate increases
NETHERLANDS – DNB criticises pension funds for touting asset increases resulting from swaps.
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NewsPNO Media to introduce press freedom as exclusion criterion
NETHERLANDS – €4bn pension fund to cease investing in 21 countries' government bonds.
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NewsSyntrus Achmea introduces ESG benchmark for EM bonds
NETHERLANDS – New standard set up on behalf of €10bn pension fund for Dutch agricultural sector.
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NewsDutch investors 'not short-termist', university study concludes
NETHERLANDS – Institutionals tend to hold Dutch equities for long term, researchers say.
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Dutch roundup: Sponsor refunds, PostNL, ING
NETHERLANDS – Government rules out probe into pension fund refunds to sponsor companies.
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NewsABP sues Morgan Stanley over mortgage-backed securities
GLOBAL – Case follows suits against Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan Chase.
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NewsSocial partners want voice in 'political' debate over IORP Directive
NETHERLANDS – Industry groups question feasibility of holistic balance sheet approach.
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NewsDutch banks, insurers launch securitisation association
NETHERLANDS – Organisation aims to improve transparency, decrease complexity of market.
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Commodities drive Q3 returns at pension fund for housing corporations
NETHERLANDS – SPW outperforms benchmark by 0.3 percentage points over period.
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NewsPensions to fall as much as 30% following Dutch government plans – Syntrus Achmea
NETHERLANDS – Predicted fall in replacement ratio worse if coverage ratios fail to improve, says Dutch pensions provider.
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NewsNetherlands postpones FTK reform by a year to 2015
NETHERLANDS – Pension Federation calls for clarity after government announces delay.
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NewsDutch pension fund to liquidate, merge with €34.5bn BpfBOUW
NETHERLANDS – Scheme for concrete-processing industry 'too small to operate independently'.
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NewsPension fund for Dutch notaries to cut pension rights again
NETHERLANDS – SNPF, which cut rights by 2% last year, to cut rights again by at least 5.8%.
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NewsLitigation specialist weighing up lawsuit against ABN Amro
GLOBAL – IMF Australia speaking with European pension funds on potential class-action over CPDOs.
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NewsING to axe 1,350 jobs at Nationale Nederlanden
NETHERLANDS – Measure part of 'accelerated' transformation programme at pensions insurer.
