ABP and Bpf Bouw, two of the largest four pension funds in the Netherlands with over €600bn in assets between them, have sold their shares in Tesla over ESG concerns
I work for a big company, and moved my pension. And I can invest it, in almost whatever I want.
And because the yearly fee for the funds i choose is less than what my company payed before. I get payed the difference, which is nice.
Cool! So how do you do that? If I go to e.g. the ABP site, I see no way to sign up. (Both ABP and BPF Bouw are sector-specifc too, I suppose, maybe that’s the issue? But looking at a more generic pension provider, they mention either being part of HR, or self-employed…)
I don’t think we really have the freedom to choose our own pension funds, do we? Possibly if you’re self-employed.
I work for a big company, and moved my pension. And I can invest it, in almost whatever I want. And because the yearly fee for the funds i choose is less than what my company payed before. I get payed the difference, which is nice.
Cool! So how do you do that? If I go to e.g. the ABP site, I see no way to sign up. (Both ABP and BPF Bouw are sector-specifc too, I suppose, maybe that’s the issue? But looking at a more generic pension provider, they mention either being part of HR, or self-employed…)
Well I live in Norway, I guess not every county are able to move it freely?
Oh OK, yeah when I said “we”, I meant Dutch people - as far as I know Dutch people aren’t able to choose our own pension funds.
Our company doesnt “meddle” in staff’s pensions. The idea is that i know better what fits me then my boss does.
Next Monday i have talks about my pension, so i can tell you then ;-)
Ha, does that mean they simply don’t give you a pension? Or is it the case that you pick one and they handle it?
But yeah, sounds like it’s specific to your company, unfortunately.