Reaction to the development of the stock markets
16 April 2025The import tariffs announced by the United States caused declines on the stock markets. Many reports about this appeared in the news last week. We can imagine this raises questions.
The HPF has decided to add investments in Russia to the exclusion list. As a result of this decision, the remaining investments in Russia will be sold as soon as possible and no new purchases will be made. In the case of investment funds, the HPF has no direct control over the investment policy of the investment funds concerned. Therefore, HPF will engage with the asset managers regarding the decision of HPF.
The HPF will continue to closely monitor developments.
Read our previous news item about investments in Russia here.
The import tariffs announced by the United States caused declines on the stock markets. Many reports about this appeared in the news last week. We can imagine this raises questions.
In 2024, we will have achieved a 12.6% return by investing the pension assets. With this result, we are in the top three of the more than 170 pension funds in the Netherlands that were surveyed by consultants from OverRendement and Bell.
We are expected to implement the new pension scheme from January 1, 2026. We are preparing for this, so that this transition is done carefully. For example, in 2024 we switched to a new pension administration system. In this administration system, we can administer our current and future pension scheme. In short: with this administration system we are ready for the future.