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Case study – SPH: How to embed behavioural insights in managing a pension fund
In the Netherlands, pension reforms are slowly picking up steam. Long overdue and in many respects a sensible direction, pension boards can choose between variants that redistribute investment risk between individual participants and the collective pension scheme.
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Trainee GPs’ scheme mulls joining SPH
Stricter regulation and increasing costs are the most important reasons to join the €12bn SPH
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Dutch pensions reform ‘threatens healthy schemes’: SPH chair
Chairman of GPs’ pension scheme warns that sharing out funding surpluses among participants would be “unworkable and undesirable”
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Growing gap in UK company mental health support, says UK research
CCLA benchmark is primarily designed as a tool to guide investors in engaging with companies, rather than using it to include or exclude companies from their portfolios
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Dutch doctors scheme SPH to increase pension rights
Pension fund one of three best-performing schemes in Netherlands
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Dutch roundup: PGGM, SPH, KNVG on board seats, Eumedion
NETHERLANDS – €8bn SPH to become first client for PGGM’s tailor-made services.
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Dutch doctors’ scheme ditches commodities following review
The €11bn SPH has also cut its allocation to Chinese equities, preferring broader allocations to emerging markets
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PGGM to shed up to 25% of admin workers in cost-cutting drive
The firm has a reserve fund worth €5.3m to finance redundancy packages
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People moves: New chair at €10.5bn Dutch fund; senior ESG hires [updated]
SPH, SVVK-ASIR, SASB, LCP, DNB, Schroders, Wells Fargo, EB-SIM, AXA IM, Willis Towers Watson, Aviva Investors
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Pension fund for GPs to reduce managers, switch to passive investment
Cost-cutting effort will see SPH renegotiate number of mandates
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Dutch doctors' scheme cuts defensive equities, hedge funds
SPH plans to exit hedge funds, citing high management costs, complexity, and limited manageability
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Pension fund for Dutch doctors moves to de-risk investment portfolio
SPH re-invests nearly half of €9.5bn portfolio, shifting towards passive investments
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Netherlands roundup: Ford transfers pensions to Aegon
Plus: Dutch GP scheme to reassess indexation target
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Dutch GP scheme to simplify portfolio in attempt to drive down costs
SPH returns 5% in 2013, plans to increase infrastructure holdings and phase out private equity
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Pension fund for doctors re-allocates bonds to Germany, Netherlands
SPH also maintains cash overweight in equity portfolio to protect coverage ratio of 128%.
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PGGM to drop client as occupational scheme admin arm fails to grow
Provider said it couldn’t offer sufficient benefits of scale for marine pilots’ scheme
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Pension scheme for doctors selects PGGM as provider
SPH and PGGM to co-operate on pension administration, asset management and board support.
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€7bn pension scheme for doctors seeks partner for provider
SPH on lookout for strategic partner for its own provider DPFS due to 'turbulence'.
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Investors urge pharmas to fight against virus
New investments in research and development should take priority in order to prevent new pandemics
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Dutch GP scheme to split asset and fiduciary management
PGGM to lose fiduciary mandate for €10bn pension fund