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PMT refines ESG exclusion method
The Dutch metals industry scheme will also take into consideration what companies do to fight climate change and how they treat workers
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Dutch pension fund PMT sells most fossil fuel holdings
Metals industry scheme remains invested in nine oil and gas companies with ‘sufficiently convincing plans’ for the energy transition, including Shell
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PMT to reduce private equity exposure
The Dutch pension fund for the metals industry aims to halve its exposure to the asset class to €4bn
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PMT to move pension admin from MN to PGGM
The three firms have signed a memorandum of understanding to move the pension administration of PMT’s 1.4 million members to PGGM by 2024
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PMT earmarks €10bn for impact investing by 2030
The goal means the Dutch metals industry scheme will have to find €8bn worth of impact investments in the next eight years
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PME and PMT invest another €150m in venture capital investor
The two Dutch pension schemes also invested €75m each in Innovation Industries’ previous tech-focused fund
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Dutch pension funds invest €210m in biotech funds
Metal industry schemes PMT and PME each invest €100m in two funds, while textile industry fund MITT commits €10m
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PMT interest rate hedge increase backfires
The fund’s accountability body voiced surprise about the move
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PME sells MN stake to PMT for €1
PMT already had an interest of almost 80% in the pension provider
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Major investors sign up to address plastic pollution
The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum, PMT and PME are among the 70 institutional signatories
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PMT, PME ditch ‘authoritarian countries’ from EM index
The two Dutch pension funds have sold Egypt and Vietnam government bonds as a result of the policy change
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How we run our money: PMT
Hartwig Liersch (pictured), chief investment officer at Pensioenfonds Metaal & Techniek (PMT), tells Tjibbe Hoekstra how the largest private market pension fund in the Netherlands is looking to strengthen its investment policy to address the climate crisis
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Dutch pension giants post solid 2024 returns despite bond market headwinds
Strong equity market returns more than compensated for capricious returns on bonds
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PMT sells stake in ExxonMobil after failed engagement
The oil firm refused to report on its scope 3 CO2 emissions
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PMT invests in Rotterdam coal-fired power station
Investment is a ‘very limited interest’ that dates back to the time when investments in coal were not yet ruled out
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PMT reduces government bond allocation, ups real estate and infra
The €97bn pension fund’s new strategic asset allocation is supposed to have a lower risk profile
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Achmea IM and BlackRock emerge as winners in the Dutch fiduciary management market
Last autumn, Shell’s €26bn Dutch defined benefit (DB) pension fund announced it would swap Samco, the oil giant’s in-house asset manager, for BlackRock as its fiduciary manager.
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2024: Achmea IM and BlackRock win Dutch fiduciary mandates
Last year, Achmea IM and BlackRock each won +€20bn fiduciary mandates from Dutch pension funds. This makes them the clear fiduciary winners of 2024.
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People moves: PMT, Cardano add investment expertise [updated]
PMT, MPD, Cardano, Franklin Templeton, Society of Pension Professionals, AXA IM, Tabula
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PMT and PME invest €150m in technology fund
Innovation Industries to run portfolio seeking €250m to invest in Dutch tech start-ups