All articles by Tjibbe Hoekstra – Page 18
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Special ReportNetherlands: What a difference a year can make
Dutch pension funds funding ratios have made dramatic recovery over the past 12 months
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Opinion Pieces
Notes from the Netherlands: Truly Paris aligned
A milestone was reached in July when the first Dutch pension fund announced its divestment from fossil fuels. Surprisingly, the fund in question was neither civil service scheme ABP nor healthcare fund PFZW, the two largest Dutch funds, both of which have the ambition to be leaders in sustainable and responsible.
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Country ReportDC switch shakes up the admin market
A combination of new technology and pension reform has prompted alliances between existing players and the entrance of new players
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News
MN CEO: ‘There’s no question of a forced departure’
Norbert Hoogers will be replaced by MN’s CFO on an interim basis
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NewsChina regulatory action ‘not a game-changer’
Some pension funds, including Dutch civil service scheme ABP, have had to nurse heavy losses on their Chinese equity investments
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Dutch maritime scheme made pension payments to deceased members
President says most issues have been resolved by the pension fund’s new administrator
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In depth: UWV fund to introduce Paris-aligned Benchmark
The pension fund will sell its investments in oil and gas companies, utilities with coal-fired power plants and miners with coal mining activities
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Norway SWF and MN monitor Polish oil firm on human rights violations
Ensuring respect for human rights was essential for good business practice and risk management, says NBIM
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PGB rules out experiment with self-employed pension
The scheme could consider the process at a later stage
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NewsABP to look for three full-time directors after governance switch
The three vacancies will be filled before the end of the year
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ABP trustee quits over oil and gas side job
The scheme’s accountability body told ABP it found Snel’s new side job ‘very problematic’
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70% of Dutch DC pension savers don’t use investment freedoms
Only a fraction of Dutch pension capital (€52bn) is in DC arrangements
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ABP to co-invest €400m in subordinated COVID loans
The loans are meant mostly for larger SMEs as the amount per loan will range from €5m to €50m
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ABP announces ‘more ambitious and focused’ sustainability policy
The fund will reduce its investments in fossil fuels
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Pensions Congress: ‘Alternative credit regulatory arbitrage could disappear’
Because of the lack of regulatory oversight, risks in alternative credit can easily be overlooked
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PostNL pension fund increases green bond investments
The scheme is also aiming to integrate its sustainable investment policy in its emerging market debt portfolio
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NewsNegative factor strategy return for ING scheme
The ING pension fund is sticking with is factor strategy for now but it will start hedging its liabilities in real terms instead of nominal terms
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PensionsEurope conference: PGGM yearns for switch to DC
‘We are in need of a new pension system to avoid investing to a very large extent in very long-dated euro government bonds or swaps to hedge our liabilities’
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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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Rabobank pension fund continues serial underperformance
The fund will replace its disappointing factor investing strategy with a passive portfolio
