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Mandate roundup: Avon, Ealing, ING IM, ONVZ, BNP Paribas, ATOS Origin

2010-12-02T15:15:00Z

EUROPE – The £1.8bn (€1.9bn) Avon pension fund is looking to appoint a manager to an active currency hedging mandate to hedge against the impact of currency fluctuations for £500m of its equity investments.

Netherlands: First funds prepare for DC switch

Top 1000 Pension Funds 2024

Despite pre-election threats, the transition is not expected to be rolled back by the new government

Netherlands: Pension funds to switch to DC by 2028

Top 1000 Pension Funds 2023

Long-awaited transition to happen despite complications of the Dutch pension system

Rising liabilities hamper funding levels across Netherlands: survey

2017-10-04T12:44:00Z

Liabilities increased 9% in 2016, wiping out much of the effect of a 10% average investment return

Netherlands: What a difference a year can make

September 2021 (Magazine)

Dutch pension funds funding ratios have made dramatic recovery over the past 12 months

Netherlands launches national Pension Register for citizens

2011-01-06T15:30:00Z

NETHERLANDS – Social affairs minister Henk Kamp has launched the national Pension Register in the Netherlands, giving every Dutch citizen an online overview of his or her accrued pensions at both pension funds and insurers.

Netherlands: Social partners agree on switch to DC pensions

September 2020 (Magazine)

A new pension contract, aimed at sharing risk and reward across the generations, has been agreed after years of negotiation

Upperman to head retail scheme

2009-05-18T15:30:00Z

[16:30 CEST 18-05] NETHERLANDS - The €6bn pension fund for the retail sector has appointed Rene Upperman as director of its new governance bureau.

Netherlands: Transition path to a new system

September 2019 (Magazine)

The latest agreements between stakeholders and a relaxation of rules bring pension reform closer

Top 1000 Pension Funds 2024: Pensions back at a sweet spot

Top 1000 Pension Funds 2024

Assets for the leading 1000 European pension funds grew by 8.7% year-on-year, reversing last year’s loss of 6.8%. This brings total assets back up to above their previous high water mark of €9.7trn in 2022’s research exercise. This year’s overall net gain in assets of €775bn is the largest since 2021’s increase of €810bn.

Schootse change

July 2004 (Magazine)

Schootse turns its back on new external business

2004-06-14T04:17:00Z

NETHERLANDS – Schootse Poort, the manager of Koninklijke Philips Electronics’ 12.5 billion euros in pension assets, has said it will not acquire more third-party clients following a strategic review.

Big names back new Dutch pension periodical

2003-11-25T03:26:00Z

NETHERLANDS – Some of the biggest names in the Dutch pensions industry are backing a new pensions quarterly called Pensioen Bestuur & Management, or Pension Administration & Management.

Origin looks outside the family

June 2001 (Magazine)

Dutch Origin fund in huge investment restructure

2001-05-03T06:55:00Z

NETHERLANDS – The e400m Utrecht based pension fund of Dutch communications group Origin - the former IT subsidiary of electronics group Phillips - has undergone a mammoth investment restructuring, almost halving its exposure to Phillips owned asset manager Schootse Poort in favour of a range of specialist mandates....

What Euronext means for local brokers

March 2001 (Magazine)

Napoléon once said, “France needs me more than I need her”. Looking at the performance figures of Euronext and the Paris Bourse for 2000, one is left to wonder who needs whom the most. The statistics announced show, as was suspected all along, that Paris is the engine driving Euronext, ...

The bull in the china shop

November 2005 (Magazine)

It is a new dawn over Eindhoven for the investment team for the Philips Pension Fund. This autumn it joined the thundering herd of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), one of the largest asset managers in the world with $478bn (e396bn)under management. The deal, completed in September, is a boon ...