All articles by Leen Preesman – Page 79
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NewsDutch pension fund ordered to submit final recovery plan
Pensions regulator has already rejected several versions due to loan from sponsoring company.
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NewsDutch retail scheme selects KAS Bank as custodian
Bank will also monitor risk and provide scheme's board with management information.
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NewsStork pension scheme thinking to join Dutch giant PME
Established in 1881, the Stork scheme – with 38 affiliated companies – is one of the oldest pension funds in the Netherlands.
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NewsSyntrus Achmea passes 1m milestone for pension buy-offs
Provider says 70% of participants agree to proposal to surrender policies.
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NewsAPG estimates 20% return for healthcare PE investment in Africa
Dutch asset manager's €12.5m investment based on growing middle-class demand for healthcare.
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NewsDutch pension fund PNO Media abandons listed property
Fund to re-invest two-thirds of real estate allocation in infrastructure, commodities.
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Country Report
The Netherlands: United in face of challenges
The financial crisis triggered closer co-operation between the three Dutch pension fund organisations. In November last year the Pension Federation became the single external voice of all 550 Dutch pension schemes, as director Gerard Riemen, explains to Leen Preesman
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NewsDutch MPs call for equal tax regime for self-employed pensions
VVD, D66 parties say self-employed must be granted tax-friendly pension saving for 10 years.
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NewsFour Dutch schemes facing additional benefits cuts – Pension Federation
Funds have been unable to benefit sufficiently from increasing interest rates, federation said.
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NewsAverage Dutch pension claim at €8,100 – Statistics Netherlands
If everyone continues saving at this pace, they will have built a claim of €19,800 a year at 65.
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NewsDutch experts call for more equitable tax treatment of second, third pillars
Committee says workers, entrepreneurs should be entitled to the same fiscal framework.
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NewsING to offload property business to CB Richard Ellis
Deal will include ING REIM Europe, ING REIM Asia and US-based Clarion Real Estate Securities.
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NewsPhilips pension scheme reports 3.5% fourth-quarter loss
€13.6bn fund attributes loss to effect of rising interest rates on large fixed income holdings.
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NewsPension scheme for dentists wins injunction against representative body
Occupational pension group must now co-operate on joint decision-making, appoint new board members.
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NewsSyntrus Achmea wins another client with Ikea pension scheme
€73m fund becomes fourth company scheme to hand over administration in last two months.
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NewsDick Sluimers appointed as trustee of IFRS
Chief executive of Dutch asset manager and pension provider APG joins IASB supervisory body.
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NewsDutch regulator orders pension scheme to dump gold
Glass manufacturer Vereenigde Glasfabrieken must slash 13% gold allocation to less than 3%.
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NewsAegon, ING lament 'unpleasant' nationalisation in Hungary
Dutch pension insurers express concerns over Hungary's decision to raid private pension funds.
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NewsDutch roundup: Financial Markets Authority (AFM), APG
Ronald Gerritse appointed chairman of AFM, which oversees communications at pension funds and insurers.
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NewsHeavyweights ABP, PFZW come out swinging against Zembla
Two largest Dutch pension funds dismiss claims made by Zemlba, Bureau Bosch Asset Consultants.
