Tjibbe Hoekstra

1 week ago | ipe.com | Maarten van Wijk |Tjibbe Hoekstra

Jacques van Dijken, the new president of PensionsEurope, wants to rid the organisation of its two-tier membership structure, giving every country equal influenceThe current distinction of A- and B-memberships at PensionsEurope, the association for European pension funds, is “artificial and archaic” and needs reform, according to the organisation’s new president Jacques Van Dijken. “The aim of PensionsEurope is to make the combined voice of the world of funded pensions heard.

2 weeks ago | ipe.com | Tjibbe Hoekstra

Dutch pension funds will be allowed to implement their investment and interest rate hedging policies up to 12 months after moving from a defined benefit (DB) to a defined contribution (DC) arrangement, according to a decree proposed by minister of social affairs Eddy van Hijum.

3 weeks ago | ipe.com | Tjibbe Hoekstra

A few months into his second term, US president Donald Trump’s anti-climate agenda has already caused a rift between investors in the US and those elsewhere. While American investors have started to move away from climate investing, their European and Asian counterparts largely stick to their guns. According to the 2025 edition of Robeco’s Global Climate Investing Survey among 300 institutional and wholesale investors, climate investing is now a priority for a minority of investors globally.

3 weeks ago | ipe.com | Tjibbe Hoekstra

The Dutch technology industry scheme PME has chosen Candriam as the manager of a new, concentrated equity portfolio initially worth €1.5bn. This is half of the €57bn fund’s existing allocation to European equities. The step is part of PME’s switch from index investing to a more concentrated portfolio. Since January, Candriam has been managing a European equity portfolio of 40-60 companies, giving the asset manager total freedom to pick companies within PME’s investment universe.

4 weeks ago | ipe.com | Tjibbe Hoekstra

The percentage of ABP members who want to invest sustainably has continued to rise in recent years, according to a member survey. In a similar poll conducted more than two years ago, two thirds of participants indicated they wanted ABP, the €520bn pension scheme for Dutch civil servants, to invest their pensions sustainably. This percentage has now grown to 78%, according to survey results published on Friday.