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Dutch pension liabilities fall
The value of the Dutch pension funds’ technical provisions stood at approximately €493bn at year-end 2007, a drop in liabilities of €14bn, according to De Nederlandsche Bank. Pension funds calculate these technical provisions in order to estimate what they are required to pay to future pensioners, and the size of this is dependent on factors such as capital market rates ...
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Dutch metal pension funds launch joint in SRI policy
The two Dutch pension funds for the metal industry, the €33bn Pensioenfonds Metaalelektro (PMT) and the €21.5bn Pensioenfonds Metaal en Techniek (PME), have launched a joint social responsible investment policy. In conjunction with asset manager and pension provider Mn Services, jointly owned by PME and PMT, the two funds have drawn eight lead principles from international ...
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Holland must do more to promote itself as pooling hub
Holland must do more to promote itself as a centre for international asset pooling, says a new report from the Netherlands, while also preserving the strength of the Dutch pensions ...
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Dutch financial confidence knocked by sub-prime crisis
Financial stability in the Netherlands is less favourable than it was six months ago, according to the DNB’s most recent assessment of the region. The Overview of Financial Stability (OFS), published by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), highlighted a recent period in the market when, triggered by the crisis in the US sub-prime mortgage market, liquidity evaporated in various credit ...
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Leading Dutch funds allocate €500m to clean technology
ABP and PGGM have re-inforced their commitment to sustainable investment with a joint mandate to invest in innovative, clean technology. The two largest pension funds in the Netherlands have appointed AlpInvest* to invest €500 million in innovative, clean technology in one of the largest mandates ever to be placed on the international private equity market. This is the first time ...
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Dutch funds respond to SRI embarrassment
Dutch pension funds have been shamed into smartening up their investment decisions after a current affairs TV programme in the Netherlands revealed that two of the largest funds were investing in US firms that produce cluster bombs and landmines. Dutch pension fund PGGM, the pension fund for the healthcare and social work sector, has since announced that it has stopped investing in these ...
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Dutch fund returns down says WM
Average returns for Dutch Pension funds in 2006 halved - from 14.8% in 2005 to 7.4% in 2006 – according to new performance figures by WM Performance Services (WM). Taking into account the consumer price index, which rose by 1.4%, this represents a real return of 5.9%, which is above the 10-year annualised real universe return of 5.2%, says the investment performance measurement ...
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US film and television giant Netflix confirms Dutch market entry
American film and internet television giant Netflix on Wednesday confirmed plans to enter the Dutch market 'before the end of this year'. The company, producer of series such as House of Cards and Arrested Development, did not give any details about what programming would be available to Dutch consumers or possible prices. It did say Dutch users with broadband internet access would ...
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Netflix streaming heads to the Netherlands in late 2013
(Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Netflix streaming is heading to the Netherlands, the company announced on Wednesday. ...
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Dutch scramble to save four trapped in manure silo
Dutch emergency services scrambled Wednesday to save four people who fell into a manure silo in the north of the country, police said."Regional emergency declared in Makkingawhere four people are trapped and unconscious in a manure silo," police in the northern Friesland region tweeted.Dutch media reported that helicopters and emergency divers had been scrambled to the scene of the ...
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New Dutch super-computer unveiled in Amsterdam
The State Secretary notes that Cartesius could profit the Netherlands both academically and financially: "Cartesius enables our scientists to achieve important new scientific insights, and can help to force ...
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The Netherlands will veto EU sanctions over Israeli settlements minister
The Netherlands will veto any moves by the European Union to impose sanctions if Israel presses ahead with building settlements on disputed territory east of Jerusalem, foreign minister Frans Timmermans is quoted as saying by news agency ANP. Timmermans said sanctions are not 'currently on the agenda'. The minister has had meetings with Israeli and Palestinian representatives over the ...
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The Netherlands Bright Future for APM Terminals Facility at Maasvlakte 2
The APM Terminals facility at Rotterdam's new Maasvlakte 2 will probably become the world's most automated facility: unmanned (remote-controlled) Ship-to-Shore 25-wide container gantries and Automatic Guided Vehicles/AGV communicating between the StS gantries and the fully automated stacking ...
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Dutch income tax system should be simplified report states
The Dutch income tax system requires a complete overhaul in order to be simplified, a report commissioned by the government has ...
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US universities MIT Colombia Duke join new Amsterdam institute bids
Three prestigious US universities have joined consortia bidding to set up a new institute of technology in Amsterdam, Nos television reports on Wednesday. The city council invited applications to set up the new institute at the beginning of April and has now whittled the 13 entries down to a shortlist of five. The city hopes the new institute will boost the economy and lead to significant job ...
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More young parents leave labour market
There was a slight drop in the number of working parents with young children in the first three months of this year, social affairs minister Lodewijk Asscher told parliament on ...
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Netflix to bring video streaming service to The Netherlands
June 18 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:00am EDT June 18 (Reuters) - Netflix Inc will launch its TV and movie streaming service in The Netherlands later this year, expanding its reach further into Europe, the company said on Tuesday. Netflix boasts 29.2 million streaming subscribers in the United States and 7.1 million in international markets, delivering movies and television shows to Canada, ...
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Rotterdam police warn of phone scam
ROTTERDAM, N.Y. -- Rotterdam Police tell the NEWS CENTER they are investigating a telephone scam. A local business received a telephone call from a male identifying himself as an employee of National Grid. The caller stated the business had not paid for a new electric meter and the power was due to be turned off.The caller further stated that this could be avoided if the business owner went to a ...
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Roberta Vinci Carla Suarez Navarro post Netherlands victories
Carla Suarez Navarro gained the quarterfinals Tuesday at the grass-court Topshelf Open. Vinci, who titled at s'Hertogenbosch in 2011, breezed into the second round with 6-3, 6-3 decision over Estonian Kaia Kanepi. She next faces last week's Nuremberg, Germany, titlist Simona Halep. Spain's Suarez Navarro, meanwhile, posted a second-round triumph over ...
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Defending champ David Ferrer falls to Malisse in Netherlands upset
Xavier Malisse in an upset. Ferrer, ranked fourth in the world, tumbled to the Belgian grass court specialist 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 in the opening round at Autotron Rosmalen. The Spaniard was seeking to repeat in the Netherlands after downing German Philipp Petzschner in last year's finale. Malisse, meanwhile, notched just his 16th win 57 all-time matches against Top 10 players. Elsewhere ...
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Julien Benneteau upends Kevin Anderson in early Eastbourne match
Kevin Anderson in first-round play. The 32nd-ranked Benneteau, who made the finals at the Rotterdam event this year, prevailed over hard-serving South African Anderson 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 at Devonshire Park. Australian Bernard Tomic rebounded from a recent dry spell with a 6-3, 6-4 decision over British wild card James Ward, while Czech ...
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Holland frowns on two finalists for open WyCo commission seat
Wyandotte County commissioners are planning to pick a new member this week, but county Mayor Mark Holland first wants them to talk about going back and finding finalists who paid their taxes on ...
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Telephone scam reported in Rotterdam
ROTTERDAM - Police on Tuesday warned the public not to be fooled by a telephone scam allegedly attempted on a business in town.A male identifying himself as ...
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Laura Dekker victim of ageism in Netherlands?
Laura Dekker’s future plans to sail around the world solo hang in the balance as her emotional and mental stability is argued over by two national child care agencies that are in disagreement about her state of mind.
Laura Dekker, 14, has been trying since August last year to sail around the world on her own and in so doing become the youngest person to accomplish the feat. When she first announced her plans, the courts quickly intervened and according to Netherlands news reports, she was placed under the custody of the Child Protection Board in order to be assessed. Read more
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