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Pensioenfonds Detailhandel updates investment policy to incorporate member preferences
The €30bn scheme for the Dutch retail sector will collaborate with other pension funds on labour rights
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CPI net-zero tracker finds gap between pension fund’s climate commitments and action
ABP, AP Pension, Alecta and Pensioenfonds Detailhandel among 342 pension funds being tracked by new CPI net-zero finance tracker.
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Detailhandel launches SDG benchmark for credit portfolio
The Dutch scheme for the retail industry is focusing its credit investments on four SDGs
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Pensioenfonds Detailhandel invests €100m in circular economy fund
The €31bn pension fund for the Dutch retail industry is the seed investor in the Polestar Capital Circular Debt Fund
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Regulator fines Dutch retail scheme for communication mishaps
Pensioenfonds Detailhandel has accepted the €136,000 fine, but claims the regulator’s conclusions were ‘too firm’ and were based on too little information
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Dutch pension fund sets up new member-engaging approach on sustainability
The initiative provided ‘an unparalleled in-depth picture of members’ perspectives on the future, their values, and on their collective recommendations of responsible investing’
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Investment strategy: how one Dutch pension fund democratised its ESG process
Pensioenfonds Detailhandel’s groundbreaking attempt to democratise its investment process is just one development in this growing trend
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Dutch retail fund runs into trouble with new Capgemini admin system
Pensioenfonds Detailhandel is the French IT firm’s first client for pension administration
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Netherlands roundup: Shoemakers’ scheme in tie-up with Detailhandel
Also: Largest Dutch schemes team up to address public trust; PNO Media hails long-term outperformance
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IPE ESG Briefing: ESG integration costs and other challenges
Plus: IPE Top 500 Managers report on ESG headcount; European Union: elections, CSDDD and SFDR
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Dutch pension funds write off Russian investments, except PFZW
The healthcare scheme keeps interests in more than twenty Russian companies on its balance sheet
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Dutch fund for furniture dealers to merge with retail scheme
The merger of the €4.4bn Wonen fund with €31bn Detailhandel will finally go ahead
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'Magnet' fund Detailhandel attracts pension fund for textile industry
Pension fund for Dutch retail sector offers ‘flexibility’ to bridge funding gap
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Dutch pension funds exit Chinese companies over Uyghur concerns
ABP, PMT, Detailhandel and Woningcorporaties have sold their stakes worth a total €115m
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Dutch ‘early birds’ postpone DC transition
Only 10 pension funds are now still scheduled to make the transition to a new DC arrangement by 1 January 2025
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Dutch regulator rejects Wonen, Detailhandel merger for second time
DNB dissatisfied with schemes proposals to bridge funding gap
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Dutch pension fund Detailhandel to issue loans to SMEs
Pension fund for retail sector to issue loans to small and medium-sized enterprises
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Analysis: Pension funds need flexible mind to invest in circular economy
Pension funds must remove barriers and relax financial and accounting requirements to allow for circular investments, according to investors and investee companies
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Lower accruals age adds 100,000s to pension fund member tally
Three sector funds in low-wage industries expect the bulk of new 18-21 year-old members
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Passive and sustainable investing in EMD: hard to combine for small funds
EMD had long been considered the last frontier for passive investors, as the asset class was seen as insufficiently liquid and therefore hard to replicate