APG and PGGM experiment with blockchain
Dutch pension administrators APG and PGGM have successfully completed the first phase of a joint experiment involving the development of a pension administration blockchain application
Dutch pension funds invest 12.4% of assets in the Netherlands
Dutch pension funds have assets of €1.224bn, of which €152bn (12.4 per cent) is invested in the Netherlands
Dutch funds don’t invest in impact fund FMO
Dutch pension funds are not investing in impact fund FMO, according to
director asset management of the Dutch development bank FMO, Yvonne
Bakkum. She thinks this is probably due to the strict mandates of
pension trustee boards, which would make it difficult to try something
new
Ireland’s Budget plans will have implications for pension funds, IAPF warns
Ireland’s plans to introduce a 6 per cent rate stamp duty on all commercial property transactions will have knock on implications for the value of pension funds, the Irish Association of Pension Funds has warned
New Dutch government plans to modernise pension system by 2020
The new Dutch coalition government plans to introduce individual pension pots and a move from average to age-related pensions accrual
Eight in 10 Irish with a pension 'not confident' of having sufficient income in retirement
Eight in 10 Irish citizens with a pension are not confident that they will have enough income to fund their retirement, according to Friends First
UK employers share less of overall DC contributions compared to Europe
A new report has found that UK employers are “not pulling their weight” when it comes to sharing pension contributions with their workers, in comparison to European countries with similar DC systems
Irish government to implement state pension increase from March 2018
The Irish government has committed to an increase in the state pension from next year
Young Finns have more trust in pensions than older generations
Young people in Finland have more trust in the country’s state pension system than older generations, new research has shown
Belgian government extends second pillar of pension system to self-employed
The Belgian government has approved a measure that extends the second pillar of the pension system, the additional pension, to the self-employed, it has been announced
