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  • PFZW makes $20bn allocations to Robeco, M&G for refreshed strategy

    15 September 2025

    Dutch pension scheme PFZW has made allocations totalling almost $20 billion to M&G Investments and Robeco after recently dropping BlackRock and LGIM in a shift away from passive index strategies.

  • PFZW drops BlackRock amid equity index clearout

    04 September 2025

    Dutch pension scheme PFZW dropped BlackRock, Legal & General Investment Management and AQR from its line-up of external asset managers following a review of its equities portfolio.

  • PFZW divests from Shell, BP and Total, blaming slow transition

    09 February 2024

    Dutch pension fund PFZW has divested from 310 oil and gas companies - leaving just seven in its portfolio, as it refocuses on companies "improving the climate and the energy transition".

  • PFZW to divest up to €4.5bn of fossil fuel companies

    16 February 2022

    Dutch pension giant PFZW has said it will divest up to €4.5 billion ($5.1 billion) of assets in fossil fuel companies who fail to plan to decarbonise.

  • Water sustainability is investor ‘blind spot’, study suggests

    04 September 2018

    Water sustainability is a ‘blind spot’ for most large institutional investors, a survey of 20 large Netherlands-based investors has suggested.

  • PGGM takes 20% stake in Suez Water Resources

    26 July 2018

    Dutch asset manager PGGM has agreed to buy a 20% stake in Suez Water Resources, via its infrastructure fund.

  • Tar sand pipeline divestment doesn’t fit PGGM’s climate strategy, CIO says

    25 June 2018

    Dutch asset manager PGGM has rejected criticism from Greenpeace that its investments in tar sand pipeline companies do not align with the aims of the Paris Agreement.