- Achmea Investment Management has launched the Achmea IM PE Partnership Fund – Healthy People & Planet 2025, targeting Dutch pension funds and other institutional investors.

Several pension funds have already expressed their intention to participate, collectively subscribing €225m. The fund provides access to private equity investments that support healthier societies, focusing on climate, biodiversity, nutrition and health. With a strong emphasis on co-investments, it applies clear impact frameworks and Dutch reporting standards, investing in companies that make a demonstrably positive contribution to these themes while offering attractive risk-return profiles.

- A bat box has been installed on the roof of Finnish Ilmarinen’s office building in Ruoholahti, Helsinki, as part of its biodiversity work.

The location is apt, as the property is called Kiinteistö Oy Helsingin Lepakko – bat in Finnish – on the site of the former Lepakko building, once a night shelter for the homeless and later a rock club. As part of its investment strategy, Ilmarinen builds and rents out housing and office space. The pension provider said the real estate and construction sector play a major role in land use, resource consumption, waste and emissions, making it essential to consider biodiversity across the full life cycle of properties.

- The current coverage ratio of Pensioenfonds Hoogovens rose to 129.3 per cent in July, up from 127.4 per cent the previous month and 122.2 per cent at the start of the year.

The actuarial interest rate contributed positively by 10.4 percentage points in 2025, while investment returns added 0.3 points. The value of invested assets fell slightly from €10.4m to €10.3m, and the pension increase granted on 1 July had a negative effect of 3.8 percentage points on the coverage ratio. The policy funding ratio, based on a 12-month average, rose from 124.3 per cent to 124.8 per cent in July, which remains 20 points below the threshold for future indexation (TBI).

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