All articles by Tjibbe Hoekstra – Page 10
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InterviewsPME Goes Back To The Future – PME Pensioenfonds
Marcel Andringa (pictured) of PME, the Dutch pension fund for the metal and electronics industry, talks to Tjibbe Hoekstra about the fund’s decision to ditch index investing and move to a more concentrated portfolio
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NewsPension reform endgame, lower inflation to propel Dutch buyout market
The buyout market for pension funds stalled in 2022, with only one deal concluded
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NewsInvestment returns fail to match liabilities for 30% of Dutch pension funds – research
Small sector schemes score especially badly in the study performed by the new website overrendement.nl
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NewsDutch pension federation slams over-inquisitive regulator over pension transition policy
DNB also gives itself excessive discretionary power to block the transition of pension funds to the new DC system, according to Pensioenfederatie
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NewsLower accruals age adds 100,000s to pension fund member tally
Three sector funds in low-wage industries expect the bulk of new 18-21 year-old members
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NewsGlobal pension assets down 16.7% in 2022
UK pension funds suffered the greatest losses due to their forced selling of Gilts during the liquidity crisis last autumn
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NewsPFZW sells another 78 oil and gas firms
The move is part of the Dutch healthcare scheme’s engagement programme with fossil fuel companies
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NewsPGB awards €4.5bn ESG mandate to Osmosis IM
The move doubles the London-based asset manager’s assets to $9bn
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NewsDutch pension investors demand AGM vote on sustainability report
Schemes want legislation compelling companies to allow a vote on sustainability reports
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NewsPassive and sustainable investing in EMD: hard to combine for small funds
EMD had long been considered the last frontier for passive investors, as the asset class was seen as insufficiently liquid and therefore hard to replicate
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NewsMirova – Ecolabel can help tackle greenwashing
But if too strict criteria are being applied, the label would risk missing its goal, according to the French impact asset manager
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NewsInterest rate rises propel Dutch pension fund losses to record high
Pension funds in the Netherlands lost some €300bn on their interest rate hedges in 2022, according to estimates
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NewsLow Countries’ COVID recovery funds contingent on pension reform
The Netherlands and Belgium must push through reforms to their pension systems to receive COVID recovery grants from Brussels
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NewsDutch lump sum option postponed yet again
The introduction of a lump sum option for retirees, originally planned for 1 January 2022, will now be postponed to 2024
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NewsDutch pension funds ask government to pay for supervisory cost increases
Additional supervisory costs related to the pension transition should be financed by tax payers rather than pension funds, according to Dutch social partners
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NewsDutch pension law heads to Senate after parliamentary approval
The Netherlands’s Second Chamber approved the law just before Christmas with a comfortable majority
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Special ReportDC Pensions: Dutch pension funds grapple with member choice decisions
Member choice will be central after Dutch pension reform, at least in theory
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ABP targets 50% absolute CO2 reduction by 2030
To reach its goal, the Dutch civil scheme will reduce its investable universe excluding companies harmful to the environment
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PMT earmarks €10bn for impact investing by 2030
The goal means the Dutch metals industry scheme will have to find €8bn worth of impact investments in the next eight years
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Dutch pension benefits up to 40% higher in new system
Especially younger people benefit from the switch to DC because there will no longer be a need for buffers, according to calculations by pension regulator DNB
