All articles by Mariska van der Westen – Page 8
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VB begins drive to restore trust
[15:45 CEST 12-05] NETHERLANDS - VB, the association of industry-wide pension funds yesterday told delegates at its annual member meeting there is a pressing need to restore confidence in the Dutch pensions system.
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Study: big not always beautiful for pensions
[16:15 CEST 08-05] NETHERLANDS - It is generally accepted that small pension funds perform less well than their bigger brothers, but economies of scale can also work the other way around, suggests a new study conducted in the Netherlands.
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Country ReportWeathering the storm
Although Dutch pension funds have all seen their funding ratios decline in the wake of the credit crisis, some have managed to limit the damage. Three funds share their strategies with Mariska van der Westen and Leen Preesman
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Country ReportFunds see risk in a different light
Lessons are being learned from the crisis and painful questions are being asked. Mariska van der Westen examines what they are
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Country ReportBoost for new formations
The financial freeze is certain to speed up the trend towards consolidation in the pensions arena as costs soar and companies seek to hand over pension liabilities, finds Mariska van der Westen
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Schemes granted five years recovery – but is it enough?
[16:35 CET 24-02] NETHERLANDS - Dutch minister of social affairs and labour Piet Hein Donner has confirmed he will allow pension funds with a funding shortfall – now approximately half of all Dutch funds – to have up to five years to bring their solvency ratios up to 105%, rather than the three years the Dutch Pension Ac currently prescribes.
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Pension fund governance ‘should evolve’
[15:00 CET 23-02] NETHERLANDS - Pension fund governance should also evolve as pension funds evolve into full-fledged financial institutions, according to Henri Lepoutre and Dries Nagtegaal of Hewitt Associates and Wijnanda Rutten of Allen & Overy.
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FeaturesPresenting the third supervisor
The Dutch pensions industry is already monitored by the Dutch Central Bank, DNB, and the Authority Financial Markets, AFM. Now a third supervisor, the Dutch Competition Agency, NMa, is joining the fray and turning its attention to the pensions market. Mariska van der Westen spoke with the head of NMa’s financial sector monitoring division, Fieke van der Lecq
