Who is the Chief Investment Officer of PGGM?

Bob Rädecker will be stepping down from his position as Chief Investment Officer Public Markets at PGGM at the end of 2021. PGGM is the cooperative pension investor in the Netherlands. We support pension funds through two complementary services: fiduciary management and asset management.

Why was Stichting Pensioenfonds Zorg acquired by PGGM?

PGGM announced that it was making the decision because the Chinese operator is involved in human rights violations in the Darfur region of Sudan . In January 2015, a unit of Legal & General collaborated with PGGM acquired the Bishopsgate Long-term Property Fund Unit Trust for a fee of £370 million.

Who is the predecessor of PFZW in the Netherlands?

PFZW’s predecessor, PGGM, was founded in June 1969 through the combination of several smaller Dutch pension funds in the healthcare industry. In 1970, PGGM assumed responsibility for the pensions of employees throughout the health care and social work sectors in the Netherlands.

Who is the Governing Board of PFZW?

PFZW is as a non-profit foundation, controlled by trade unions and employers from the healthcare and social work sectors. At the end of 2006, the governing board of what was then known as PGGM adopted a separation between its policy (structuring of pensions) and implementation (managing of assets and payment) functions.

What makes PGGM a good pension service provider?

PGGM is a not-for-profit cooperative pension fund service provider. We believe in pensions that we arrange together. By sharing costs and risks, we are stronger together and ultimately, everyone is better off. We share the lessons we learn, the new insights we gain and, above all, we look towards the future.

What kind of risk management does PGGM do?

We invest the collective pension assets cost-efficiently. We attune the investment policy to the wishes of our clients, with attention to a good financial and socially responsible return and rigorous risk management.