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Mandate roundup: FRR, ERAFP, Nutreco, SPT
French reserve fund appoints new ESG managers while civil service fund adds climate change researchers
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SPT board vows to stay on until 'administrator takeover'
Fired board at pension scheme for dentists fights back against its recent sacking by BPVT.
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Towards a sustainable portfolio theory
Applying monetary values to impacts would allow investors to direct capital better and assess opportunities for improved long-term returns
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Dentists' scheme sets out plan for future independence
SPT will not liquidate, but conflict between board and trade association worries supervisory board
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Dutch dental fund SPT names new director
NETHERLANDS – The 1.1 billion euro industry-wide pension fund for Dutch dentists has named Mr. B van de Belt as its new director.
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Dutch dentists to gauge interest in mandatory pension plan
Development follows settling of dispute between pension fund and occupational pensions association
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Investment Strategy: Towards sustainable portfolio theory
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the 1990 Nobel prize in Economics given to Harry Markowitz, William Sharpe and Merton Miller. IPE is marking this in several ways. The first event took place at the IPE annual conference in Copenhagen in December 2019, with a panel discussion following on from the showing of a delightful video. The video was based on a few days that TOBAM CEO Yves Choueifaty and I spent with Markowitz in his office in San Diego in June of that year and showed Markowitz’s charm and humility despite his great achievements.
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Dutch dentists scheme settles with trade body after legal verdict
Parties agreed to keep on talking about the association’s exact role
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Wednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – ATP, SPT, HSBC GAM, Sacker & Partners, Pioneer, JPMAM, Pramerica
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Dutch Dentists scheme opts for independence over insurance arrangement
Closed scheme argues it can still optimally serve its participants through low costs and offering indexation
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Wednesday people roundup
PIMCO, Man Group, SPT, Allianz GI, PGGM, Lombard Odier, Aviva Investors, Nomura, BlackRock, Kempen, Willis Towers Watson, Aon Hewitt, PwC, TIAA GAM, Dimensional, Invesco, BNY Mellon, CVC, JP Morgan, CDP, Schroders
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Pension association sacks entire board of €1.5bn dentists scheme
BPVT lines up five-strong board after sacking entire board of pension fund SPT over governance dispute.
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Pension fund for Dutch dentists shifts investment strategy
€1.6bn scheme to dedicate 65% of portfolio to AA-rated, European government bonds
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Dutch pension scheme for dentists to cut benefits by 9%
NETHERLANDS – The €1.4bn occupational pension fund for dentists (SPT) has announced a benefits cut of at least 9% to recover from a funding shortfall.
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€1.5bn pension fund for dentists to divest one-third of equities
NETHERLANDS – Scale of equity holdings posed ‘considerable risk’ to scheme, study shows.
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Dutch dentists scheme fails to reclaim 'illegally obtained' pension assets
NETHERLANDS – The €1.4bn pension fund for Dutch dentists (SPT) has commissioned an investigation into why it has failed to reclaim what it considered to be "illegally obtained" pension assets from a former director.
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Troubled Dutch pension scheme agrees to new governance arrangement
€1.5bn scheme for dentists OKs new governance set-up with occupational association BPVT.
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Pension scheme for dentists wins injunction against representative body
Occupational pension group must now co-operate on joint decision-making, appoint new board members.
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Dentists' pension scheme boosts funding, but misses target
Beleaguered fund appointed administrator this spring after sacking board over governance dispute.
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Longevity causes Dutch dentists' scheme to see 11.5% rise in liabilities
As a result of the increase, scheme fell behind on its goal of 105% funding ratio by 2013.