{"id":14302,"date":"2025-03-30T05:22:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T05:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=14302"},"modified":"2025-03-30T05:22:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T05:22:41","slug":"dutch-pensions-to-invest-e100bn-in-risky-assets-boosting-europes-defence-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=14302","title":{"rendered":"Dutch pensions to invest \u20ac100bn in risky assets boosting Europe\u2019s defence efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Stay informed with free updates<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>Simply sign up to the <!-- -->Pensions industry<!-- --> myFT Digest &#8212; delivered directly to your inbox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=9aa53288-d650-44dc-8ba0-88d5641720eb&amp;concept-id=99083e49-a562-4880-a210-c80936a3abd3\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Dutch pension funds are set to plough tens of billions of euros into risky assets in Europe, as their move to a system without fixed benefits supports the continent\u2019s efforts to attract investment and bolster its defence sector.<\/p>\n<p>Reforms being rolled out in the Netherlands could lead to its \u20ac2tn pensions industry \u2014 one of the largest in the world \u2014 boosting investment in private equity and credit investments by about 5 percentage points over the next five years, said the head of the biggest Dutch asset manager.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201clargest part\u201d of the anticipated \u20ac100bn is expected to be deployed in Europe owing to \u201cmore attractive valuations\u201d and a wish to have a \u201creal-world impact\u201d, Ronald Wuijster, chief executive of APG Asset Management, told the Financial Times.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Dutch funds might be able to do \u201ceven more\u201d to finance defence initiatives in the continent, saying that APG had already invested about \u20ac2bn in companies that contribute to the defence industry. <\/p>\n<p>Wuijster\u2019s comments came as the EU has been under pressure to raise defence investment, with former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi last year calling on the bloc to boost investments by \u20ac800bn annually to keep up with US and China. US President Donald Trump has also demanded governments shoulder a greater burden for Europe\u2019s security. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere used to be a penalty for private investments and for credit risk that is now diminishing, which increases the budget to take more risk,\u201d Wuijster said. <\/p>\n<p>He added that the reforms would allow investors to consider assets with \u201ca slightly higher risk profile\u201d, predicting an increase of \u201cfive-ish\u201d percentage points in risky assets, as well as higher allocation to private assets and credit spreads.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Dutch senators passed a law to transition the country\u2019s occupational pension system into a model in which pension funds no longer guarantee a fixed retirement income to members. The transition is expected to take place between 2025 and 2028. <\/p>\n<p>The old defined benefit system pushed the schemes into liquid, low-risk assets such as government bonds by requiring pension funds to closely match assets with long-term pensions owed. <\/p>\n<p>The funds will now be able to set target returns that can fluctuate with market movements, removing some liability driven constraints and increasing their risk appetite.<\/p>\n<p>This was a significant step because \u201cpsychologically, it puts the funds closer to regular lifecycle investing\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009and on that measure, Dutch pensions are probably taking too little risk\u201d, Wuijster said.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>ABP, which is responsible for the pensions of Dutch civil servants and is by far the largest fund managed by APG with \u20ac544bn of assets, expects to transition to the new system by 2027. <\/p>\n<p>At the end of last year, just over a quarter of ABP\u2019s assets were in private markets. About 40 per cent of its private equity exposure was in Europe, which also had 57 per cent of its global allocation in private credit.<\/p>\n<p>Wuijster said this geographical balance could continue under the new system, and that the shift into private assets and credit would be \u201ca very gradual process\u201d taking place \u201cover the next five years\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/9aa53288-d650-44dc-8ba0-88d5641720eb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Pensions industry myFT Digest &#8212; delivered directly to your inbox. 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