Mon, 08 Nov 2021 10:17:28 GMT Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/ In the past two years, Dutch life insurers have taken over €7 billion in pension liabilities through so-called buy-outs, according to new figures from De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB). For pension funds, a buy-out serves as an alternative to transitioning to the new pension system under the Wtp. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2025/dutch-insurers-acquire-7-billion-in-pension-fund-liabilities/ Dutch mortgage funds received €2 billion in new investments from institutional investors such as pension funds and insurers in the first three quarters of 2024, DNB figures show. This is less than in previous years and can be attributed to market interest rates having risen sharply during 2022. Fri, 06 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2024/investor-interest-in-dutch-mortgage-funds-continues-to-decline/ Insurers in the Netherlands continued to sell direct investments in bonds in 2023, new figures from DNB show. For the fourth year in a row, insurers sold more bonds than they bought. Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2024/dutch-insurers-continue-to-invest-less-in-bonds/ Dutch institutional investors such as pension funds, investment funds and insurers kept their investments in risky bonds roughly the same over the past 12 months. This is a break from previous years: since 2019, large investors had expanded their exposure to what are termed high-yield bonds. Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2023/dutch-large-investors-do-not-expand-investments-in-high-risk-bonds/ The equity portfolios of Dutch pension funds and insurers have become significantly “greener” over the 2017-2020 period. This is mainly because investee companies have emitted less carbon over that period, according to an analysis by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB). Tue, 24 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2023/smaller-carbon-footprint-from-large-investors-equity-portfolios/ In the past two years, Dutch institutional investors increasingly preferred riskier high-yield (HY) bonds over their safer investment-grade (IG) counterparts. Most of these investments in HY debt securities are made abroad, for example in US firms and Brazilian and South African governments. Fri, 06 May 2022 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2022/dutch-institutional-investors-increasingly-turn-to-high-risk-bonds/ Dutch investments in SPACs have increased strongly in the last year, particularly Institutional investors’ investments in these companies. Mon, 15 Nov 2021 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2021/institutional-investors-increasingly-investing-in-spacs/ Dutch mortgage debt is also on the rise. Unlike before, it is mainly institutional investors who are responsible for this growth, rather than the banks. In addition, growth is relatively subdued from a historical perspective in relation to the rise in house prices. Mon, 08 Nov 2021 10:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2021/new-mortgage-loans-mainly-provided-by-institutional-investors/ The assets managed by insurers and pension funds increased to EUR 2,112 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2020, which was higher than before the coronavirus crisis. This was mainly due to the recovery of stock exchange prices worldwide. Wed, 06 Jan 2021 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2021/assets-managed-by-insurers-and-pension-funds-beyond-coronavirus-crisis-dip/ Insurance claims for non-life insurers fell by 5% in the second quarter of 2020 from EUR 2.88 to 2.74 billion. The volume of motor insurance claims decreased particularly, due to the coronavirus crisis. Claims relating to occupational disability and ... Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2020/slight-drop-in-claims-for-non-life-insurers/ Dutch private investors hold an increasingly smaller proportion of the Netherlands’ sovereign debt. In the third quarter of 2019, they held EUR 90.8 billion (nominal), against EUR 93.2 billion in the second quarter, down 2.5% quarter-on-quarter. Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2020/dutch-investors-hold-smaller-positions-in-dutch-government-paper/ Since the credit crisis, investments of Dutch insurers in mortgages have grown. Mortgage investments with longer fixed-interest periods offer insurers relatively high returns and reduce the maturity mismatch with their liabilities. Derivatives such as interest rate swaps further hedge ... Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2020/balance-sheets-of-insurers-show-increase-in-mortgages-and-derivatives/