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SPOV and Schilders grant indexation
[16:55 CET 08-01] NETHERLANDS - The financial position of the €2.3bn pension fund for public transport SPOV and the €3.3bn scheme for painters and decorators has improved so much on the previous yea's performance that both pension plans can grant their participants indexation for 2010.
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Dutch railways and public transport schemes to merge
SPF and SPOV cite ever stricter local and European legislation as main reason
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Recovered SPOV grants extra indexation
NETHERLANDS – A total return of 14.3% in 2009 pushed the cover ratio of Stichting Pensioenfonds Openbaar Vervoer (SPOV) to 118%, enabling it to grant more than a full indexation in 2010.
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SPOV, PFZW to deploy 'pension bus' to educate participants
NETHERLANDS – The €99bn healthcare scheme PFZW and the regional public transport pension fund SPOV will deploy a bus as a mobile office to inform participants about pensions at their workplace.
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Direct property is class winner for SPOV
[16:25 CEST 14-04] NETHERLANDS - Direct property was the best returning asset class of the €2.4bn pension fund for public transport SPOV in 2007, generating a return of 11.4%.
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Dutch roundup: SPF, SPOV, Dutch Antilles, Syntrus Achmea
NETHERLANDS – The €11bn railways scheme SPF and the €2.5bn public transport scheme SPOV have abandoned the salary index as a standard for their policy of conditional indexation.
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€5.9bn Dutch green bond deemed ‘expensive’
APG, PGGM, SPOV and Cardano were allocated €411m collectively, from a total of €5.9bn raised by the first AAA-rated sovereign green bond
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SPOV cautious despite full indexation
NETHERLANDS - Although the Dutch public transport scheme Pensioenfonds Openbaar Vervoer SPOV is healthy and has been able to apply a full 2.5% indexation to its pension payments, it still needs to be cautious, says its board.
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Pension funds for Dutch railways, public transport to merge
SPOV cites difficulties recruiting board members, costs and complexity
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€21bn pension merger back on track as transport sector schemes agree terms
Industry-wide pension schemes for railways and public transport agree to join forces after 2016 discussions collapsed
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Dutch transport pension fund to adopt one-tier board
Dutch pension funds are increasingly switching from equally represented boards to one-tier models
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Merger of Dutch transport schemes to run as scheduled
A lower funding level would not hamper the merger
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Dutch transport sector pension schemes resume co-operation talks
Railways scheme and public transport fund revisiting collaboration options, including potential merger
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Dutch pension fund to invest in Actiam microfinance fund
Actiam Institutional Microfinance Fund III launched for six institutional investors, including SPF and SPOV
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EBRD: Private equity offers bigger impact on employment
‘Private equity has the reputation to cut jobs after the takeover of companies’
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Pension funds for Dutch railways, public transport weigh full merger
Joint pensions provider SPF Beheer cites rising costs, similarity of funding ratios
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Trio of Dutch asset managers launch joint private equity platform
Achmea IM, Blue Sky Group and SPF Beheer aim to cut costs in half for pension fund clients via co-investments
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Dutch pension funds commit €750m to mortgages
Three large schemes make commitment to Dutch Mortgage Funding Company
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Albert Akkerman, former CEO of SPF Beheer, dies
Akkerman was also CEO at the sector scheme for painters as well as KLM’s pension funds
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Leny van der Heiden, architect of Dutch Pensions Federation, dies
She has played an important role in advocating the interests of pension funds