All articles by Leen Preesman – Page 69

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Dutch OK draft law allowing pensioners to sit on boards of industry-wide funds

2012-02-02T14:00:00Z

Until now, only employers and employees have been allowed to sit on industry-wide boards.
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Dutch pension funds can use outline of Pensions Act when weighing rights cuts

2012-02-01T14:00:00Z
Features
DNB’s new interest-rate average will limit cuts

February 2012 (Magazine)

The Dutch Pension Federation, and the largest pension funds, ABP, PFZW and PMT, cautiously welcomed the pensions regulator’s recent decision to adopt a three-month interest-rate average to calculate the yield curve.
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APG teams up with ABN AMRO to launch Premium Pension Institution

2012-01-31T14:30:00Z

Joint venture, dubbed Pensional, to target DC plans for companies with more than 500 workers.
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Former directors at Philips pension scheme guilty of fraud

2012-01-30T15:00:00Z

Will F and successor Rob L received bribes for divesting large blocks of property portfolio.
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Dutch pensions giant ABP sues Goldman Sachs over mis-selling

2012-01-30T14:00:00Z

€246bn scheme claims investment bank knew the CDOs it sold ABP had been ‘destined to fail’.
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Dutch roundup: Pension Federation, AOW, Syntrus Achmea, BPL

2012-01-27T14:00:00Z

NETHERLANDS - The Pension Federation has called on the Dutch parliament to allow the postponement of additional pension benefits for five years after the official retirement age while, waiving the requirement of continuous employment. Currently, fiscal rules require direct benefits payments after the official retirement age. According to ...
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Troubled Dutch pension scheme agrees to new governance arrangement

2012-01-25T13:45:00Z

€1.5bn scheme for dentists OKs new governance set-up with occupational association BPVT.
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Dutch women making gains, but still lag far behind men on pensions – CBS

2012-01-25T13:30:00Z

Only 59% of women have supplementary pensions, compared with 92% of men.
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Judge dismisses financing agreement between Unisys and pension scheme

2012-01-24T14:30:00Z

Expert says ruling could set precedent for disputes over contribution arrangements.
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Dutch pension funds for pharmacists, meat industry facing largest cuts

2012-01-20T14:15:00Z

VLEP, SPOA fare worst of 125 schemes likely to cut pensions next year.
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Dutch pension scheme Orsima drops Syntrus Achmea for A&O

2012-01-20T11:15:00Z

Scheme had been looking for an administrator that was ‘up to date’ and ‘not too expensive’.
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Top Dutch pension schemes report strong fourth-quarter results

2012-01-19T14:45:00Z

Interest, inflation mandates help healthcare scheme PFZW to generate 6.9% return.
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€41bn Dutch pension fund PMT facing 6% cuts next year

2012-01-19T11:30:00Z

€246bn civil service scheme ABP also anticipating ‘limited’ discount, together with premium increase.
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Funding at Dutch pension funds likely to fall again, says Mercer

2012-01-18T14:45:00Z

Regulator’s liability-discount measures to have ‘little impact’ if rates remain unchanged.
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Statistics Netherlands reveals jump in retirement age for Dutch workers

2012-01-17T13:30:00Z

Attributes increase to raft of legal changes introduced in 2006 to discourage early retirement.
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Dutch pension schemes resigned to downgrading of French, Austrian credit

2012-01-17T12:00:00Z

Changing investments ‘continuously’ to follow rating adjustments makes no sense, says PME.
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Dutch roundup: KPN, C&A, Unilever, Provisum, Progress

2012-01-13T14:30:00Z

Move to decrease risk means only inflation-linked bunds to be considered by €4.7bn DC scheme.
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Financial transaction tax could slash pensions by 10%, Dutch schemes warn

2012-01-12T13:00:00Z

Group of pensions associations claims FTT would lead to €4.1bn in extra costs every year.
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Dutch watchdog fines pension fund for 'incomprehensible' statement

2012-01-11T13:30:00Z

Scheme for roofers rejects wrongdoing, but accepts decision due to cost of further appeal.