Publications 2021

"There are way too many environmental standards for real estate"

Interview - Sustainability, Long-term investment

Board game Monopoly bad representation of economic reality, except for meal delivery guys

News - Long-term investment

2021: the year of sustainable high yield

Background - Sustainability, Long-term investment

In France, early retirement is still sacred

Background - Income

" We are looking for digital talent that also wants to be socially relevant"

Background - Our organization

“Cleaners deserve more respect”

Background - Income

“I have to make do with 40 euros a week”

Interview - Income

Knowing what you will get

Background - Long-term investment, Income

When interest rates rise, is that bad for the economy?

Background

In Denmark, they stack pensions on top of pensions

Background - Income

APG acquires interest in Australian electricity grid

Background - Sustainability, Long-term investment

“Due to Covid, I didn’t have any income for a while”

Interview - Income

Additional fiber roll-out of Dutch fiber by APG and KPN

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

APG wins two Investment & Pension Europe awards

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

Will the economic outlook change, now that Covid appears to be here to stay?

Background - Sustainability, Income

The diamonds and the coal

Opinion

“The fact that we want to reform the system shows courage”

Interview - Income

What can economists learn from Black Friday?

Background

La dolce vita, but not for the pensionado

Background - Income, Sustainability

“If I don’t find work soon, I will have to apply for unemployment benefits”

Interview - Income

Open University now fourth shareholder of Brightlands Smart Services Campus

Background - Our organization

Stockholm Exergi’s landmark carbon capture solution receives EU backing

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

APG invests in property development and re-development Hong Kong

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

APG invests in Chinese care-related real estate

Interview - Sustainability

“What is the relevance of trade unions these days?”

Background - Income

“We don’t really believe in exotic investments to get-rich-quick”

Background

“The way I’m living my life makes me feel like I’m already retired”

Interview - Income

'Rentenversicherung' is not a money-maker

Background - Income

“Is the end of the trade conflict between Europe and the US good for the economy?”

Background - Income

Pop-up store in Batavia Stad set to start a debate on sustainable clothing

Interview - Sustainability, Long-term investment

ABP most sustainable Dutch pension fund for fourth consecutive year

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

“What are the chances of ‘Glasgow’ producing concrete results?”

Background - Sustainability, Income

“We now have the opportunity to reconfigure work and life”

Interview - Income

Dream & Deed: “Only when you are happy yourself, you can mean a lot more to others”

Interview - Income

“Policymakers appear capable of steering away from disaster”

Background - Long-term investment, Income

“We shouldn't focus too much on that first place”

Background - Income

"Is the fear of the inflation specter justified?"

Opinion - Long-term investment, Income

“I don’t need that money; I’d rather have our mom back”

Interview - Income

Investors urge South Korea to step up its climate efforts

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment, Income

APG invests €195 million in first EU green bond

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

"Automation is more than replacing people with machines"

Interview - Sustainability, Long-term investment, Innovation

“Dad, are you a girl again today?”

Interview - Sustainability

‘Equity goes from great to good’

News - Long-term investment

“Is the Chinese real estate crisis a risk for the world economy?”

Background - Long-term investment, Income

"Caring for people gives me much more satisfaction than a night at the pub"

Interview - Sustainability

APG invests in responsibly managed FSC forests

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

APG infrastructure investors win an award

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

“How much higher are energy prices going to go?”

Background - Sustainability

APG co-launches initiative to enhance ESG performance assessment in private equity

News - Long-term investment

Dream & Deed: “My generation gives me hope for the future”

Interview - Sustainability

“To us, it’s achievements that count, not labels.”

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

“Would a monkey invest as well as an investor?”

Background - Long-term investment, Sustainability

What ‘Prinsjesdag 2021’ Means for Pensions

Background - Income

APG invests €360 million in Spanish and UK green sovereign bonds

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

APG signs the Global Investor Statement to governments on the climate crisis

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

Dream & deed: “I find it hard to give substance to my concerns”

Interview - Sustainability, Income

APG investment connects 1 million American households to fiber optics

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

“Is the AEX going to keep breaking records, or is the end in sight?”

Opinion - Long-term investment

APG will be offering sustainable index investments

Interview - Sustainability, Long-term investment

“I’m good at making money. That’s why I had the courage to quit my job”

Interview - Income

APG initiates flexible working in fully renovated office buildings

Background - Our organization

“You could have been cycling along merrily without noticing that you’d been cycling on the edge of a ravine”

Interview - Sustainability, Long-term investment

“Will our economy suffer from the tight labor market?”

Background - Income

“The advent of 5G is going to create a lot of innovation”

News - Long-term investment, Sustainability, Income, Innovation

“I invested my entire student loan to pay for my new courses”

Interview - Income

“We can still make it, but we'll have to work hard.”

Background - Sustainability, Long-term investment, Income

“I divide every euro I earn into eight different savings funds”

Interview - Income

“My father wished I had remained dead”

Interview - Sustainability

Dream & deed: “It makes me angry that women are still 2-0 behind in the job market”

Interview - Sustainability, Income

“With us you can be yourself, both as a professional and as a person”

Interview - Sustainability

How do environmental disasters impact real estate investments?

Background - Sustainability, Long-term investment

“Pension funds bear a huge responsibility, for the Netherlands of today and the future”

Interview - Sustainability, Income

ABP committed to a debt-free Netherlands

News - Income

“Boring is the new sexy”

Interview - Long-term investment

“People with disabilities can contribute just as easily”

Interview - Income

“I am deeply involved in the hospitality industry; the customer is king in my opinion”

Interview - Income

How do you invest 250 million euros in the Dutch energy transition?

Interview - Long-term investment

“Is the EC’s new climate plan bad for the stock market?”

Background - Sustainability, Long-term investment

“People say: ‘You saved my life’”

Interview - Income, Innovation

Sustainability-linked bonds: new opportunities, but avoid greenwashing

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

Is the growing popularity of investing creating a new 'bubble'?

Background - Long-term investment

Tax Burden

Interview - Long-term investment

APG takes 20% stake in Sweden's largest district heating and cooling supplier

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

"Is Dutch life expectancy falling due to corona?"

Background - Income

APG selling half of Spanish rental property portfolio

Interview - Sustainability, Long-term investment

2020: Pressing ahead with sustainable ambitions

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment, Income

"We can learn a lot from other countries, also about what not to do”

Background - Income

Dream and action: "Worrying, how differently people look at things"

Interview - Sustainability, Income

“A thousand trash can factories need to be built”

Interview - Income

“When will the rise in the housing market stop?”

Background - Long-term investment, Income

Dream and action: “I should hope there will still be fish in the sea by the time I’m 50”

Interview - Income, Sustainability

APG awarded twice during Global Capital Bond Awards

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

“Women should take better care of their finances”

Interview - Income

The taxman and the investor

Opinion - Long-term investment

“Will the computer chip shortage lead to inflation?”

Background - Long-term investment, Income

“My recommendations matter. I’m proud of that”

Interview - Income

“Transition to wood construction won’t happen overnight”

Interview - Sustainability, Long-term investment

Kim Damoiseaux winner of the SPO Essay Award 2021

News - Income

European Investor Association EFAMA appoints Peter Branner as vice president

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

“Now that I know you people, I don’t think of pensions as boring at all anymore”

Interview - Innovation, Sustainability

APG and KPN launch fiber optics company Glaspoort

News - Long-term investment, Sustainability

“The pension sector still has a long way to go when it comes to prioritizing customer awareness”

Interview - Income, Innovation

“It became somewhat of a challenge to live on 4 euros per day”

Interview - Income

“It should not be all about growth”

Interview - Sustainability, Long-term investment, Income

Stop growing?

Opinion - Long-term investment

“For a better country, we will have to invest differently and cooperate more.”

Interview - Income

“I think we will be eating maggots in 30 years”

Interview - Income

“Does Brexit offer any opportunities for pension investors?”

Interview - Long-term investment, Sustainability

The Netherlands in 2041

Background - Income, Innovation

“I never want to retire”

Interview - Income

APG supports Shell’s climate strategy and encourages further steps

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

APG invests in sustainably-managed timberlands

News

“Set up a pension? I’ll be long gone by then”

Interview - Income

The Netherlands in 2041

Background - Innovation, Income

4 questions on the Postponement of the Pensioenwet (Pensions Act) to 2023

News - Income

“Renting out our five houses provides for a good income”

Interview - Income

Politicians are not sufficiently aware of the feasibility of the new pension system

Opinion - Income, Innovation

More rental homes thanks for online loan platform

Interview - Long-term investment, Sustainability

“The commodities market is volatile, that's what makes it interesting”

Interview - Long-term investment

The Netherlands in 2041

Background - Income, Innovation

APG increases stake in Italy’s gas infrastructure

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

‘Who is helping Mark Rutte? Minister Santa Claus’

Interview - Income

The Netherlands of 2041

Opinion - Income, Innovation

“I often hear terms like pension crooks and pension mafia”

Interview - Income

APG makes second data center investment in Asia

News

Korean steel producer stops in Myanmar after pressure from APG

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

Covid-19 speeds up investment trends at APG

News - Long-term investment

Bitcoin pension

Opinion - Long-term investment, Sustainability, Income

“I don’t look for loopholes in the law”

Interview - Income

"Involve ESG objectives in remuneration policy"

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

The Netherlands of 2041

Opinion - Income, Innovation

New investment APG increases internet connections in Poland by almost a quarter

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

“Stan sees little windows, while we are watching all the doors”

Interview - Innovation

Good pension for self-employed persons requires more room to experiment

Opinion - Income

“Funds Should Be Able to Coach Employees Financially”

News - Income

“Selling in panic never is the smart thing to do”

Interview - Long-term investment, Sustainability

“Eyes on the ball and do what we have agreed on”

Interview - Income, Sustainability, Innovation

Annual report 2020: Looking back at a special year

News - Innovation, Sustainability

APG invests in the Chilean transmission market

News - Long-term investment

Statement APG regarding Myanmar

News

APG makes new step towards carbon neutral investment portfolio

News - Long-term investment, Sustainability

This is why ABP invests in KPN's fiber-optic network

Background - Long-term investment

Roger van Boxtel is leaving APG's supervisory board

News - Our organization

“My wife would be proud of me because I am enjoying life”

Interview - Income

"Management must also feel COVID-19 pain in their wallet"

Interview - Income

APG contributes to an intelligent and cleaner energy chain by investing in NET2GRID

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

‘I don’t know what interest is, I’m just a child you know’

Interview - Income

“I’m convinced we can take on the competition”

News - Innovation, Long-term investment

Are you afraid of ghosts?

Opinion - Long-term investment

APG investments in Australian metropolitan rental apartments launched

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

“When an employer wants to take action, that’s when I get excited”

Interview - Income

For affordable state pension, men have to perform more care tasks

Opinion - Income

“We like to fantasize about the future, but shouldn’t forget that we live now”

Interview - Sustainability

‘Net Zero’ framework helps APG deliver on clients’ climate ambitions

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

APG supports Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF)

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

"There's nothing I can do for my pension, even if I wanted to” Alexander is living on welfare

Interview - Income

“For Asian companies, a dialogue with shareholders is not self-evident”

Interview - Sustainability, Long-term investment

Chief economist Thijs Knaap at BNR on Shell, dividends and China politics Biden

News - Long-term investment, Sustainability

“Free time is more important than earning a lot”

Interview - Income

“Investment spread? That’s something you put on a sandwich!”

Interview - Income

APG is expanding investments in high-quality student accommodation

News - Long-term investment

Support measures and vaccines guideline for investors

Interview - Long-term investment

"We need a different definition of a good life"

Background - Long-term investment, Income

The alliance between the free market and democracy

Opinion - Sustainability, Long-term investment

"My life had to be more exciting"

Interview - Income

Annette Mosman appointed chief executive officer of APG

News - Our organization, Sustainability

“There are certainly possibilities in the Netherlands, albeit on a smaller scale”

News - Long-term investment, Sustainability

“Why wasn’t there a clearer choice between two different contracts?”

News - Income, Innovation

"This year will be better than 2020"

Interview - Sustainability, Income

The pros and cons of short selling

Background - Long-term investment

"I invest for the pensions of more than a quarter of all Dutch people, which makes me proud"

Interview - Income

“It’s okay if retiring is difficult”

Interview - Income

APG sells Korean energy giant due to coal expansion

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

Everyone thinking about sustainable digitization

Background - Sustainability, Long-term investment, Innovation

Elections 2021: what do the parties want with the pensions this late in the game?

Opinion - Income

“Focusing on your financial affairs should be as regular a routine as your six-monthly dentist appointment”

Interview - Long-term investment, Income

“I quickly put aside all the letters I receive on my pension”

Interview - Income

APG once again Dutch Top Employer

News - Income

Economically independent

Opinion - Income

'Inclusion is not something that can be checked off'

Interview - Income

The Biden administration can boost sustainable investment

Interview - Sustainability, Long-term investment

“Our generation wants to be free”

Interview - Income

“If everyone retired at age 40, our society would collapse”

Background - Income

“We are an involved shareholder; not an activist”

Interview - Sustainability, Long-term investment

APG increases equity interest in electric train traffic Europe

News - Sustainability, Long-term investment

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"There are way too many environmental standards for real estate"

Board game Monopoly bad representation of economic reality, except for meal delivery guys

2021: the year of sustainable high yield

In France, early retirement is still sacred

" We are looking for digital talent that also wants to be socially relevant"

“Cleaners deserve more respect”

“I have to make do with 40 euros a week”

Knowing what you will get

When interest rates rise, is that bad for the economy?

In Denmark, they stack pensions on top of pensions

APG acquires interest in Australian electricity grid

“Due to Covid, I didn’t have any income for a while”

Additional fiber roll-out of Dutch fiber by APG and KPN

APG wins two Investment & Pension Europe awards

Will the economic outlook change, now that Covid appears to be here to stay?

The diamonds and the coal

“The fact that we want to reform the system shows courage”

What can economists learn from Black Friday?

La dolce vita, but not for the pensionado

“If I don’t find work soon, I will have to apply for unemployment benefits”

Open University now fourth shareholder of Brightlands Smart Services Campus

Stockholm Exergi’s landmark carbon capture solution receives EU backing

APG invests in property development and re-development Hong Kong

APG invests in Chinese care-related real estate

“What is the relevance of trade unions these days?”

“We don’t really believe in exotic investments to get-rich-quick”

“The way I’m living my life makes me feel like I’m already retired”

'Rentenversicherung' is not a money-maker

“Is the end of the trade conflict between Europe and the US good for the economy?”

Pop-up store in Batavia Stad set to start a debate on sustainable clothing

ABP most sustainable Dutch pension fund for fourth consecutive year

“What are the chances of ‘Glasgow’ producing concrete results?”

“We now have the opportunity to reconfigure work and life”

Dream & Deed: “Only when you are happy yourself, you can mean a lot more to others”

“Policymakers appear capable of steering away from disaster”

“We shouldn't focus too much on that first place”

"Is the fear of the inflation specter justified?"

“I don’t need that money; I’d rather have our mom back”

Investors urge South Korea to step up its climate efforts

APG invests €195 million in first EU green bond

"Automation is more than replacing people with machines"

“Dad, are you a girl again today?”

‘Equity goes from great to good’

“Is the Chinese real estate crisis a risk for the world economy?”

"Caring for people gives me much more satisfaction than a night at the pub"

APG invests in responsibly managed FSC forests

APG infrastructure investors win an award

“How much higher are energy prices going to go?”

APG co-launches initiative to enhance ESG performance assessment in private equity

Dream & Deed: “My generation gives me hope for the future”

“To us, it’s achievements that count, not labels.”

“Would a monkey invest as well as an investor?”

What ‘Prinsjesdag 2021’ Means for Pensions

APG invests €360 million in Spanish and UK green sovereign bonds

APG signs the Global Investor Statement to governments on the climate crisis

Dream & deed: “I find it hard to give substance to my concerns”

APG investment connects 1 million American households to fiber optics

“Is the AEX going to keep breaking records, or is the end in sight?”

APG will be offering sustainable index investments

“I’m good at making money. That’s why I had the courage to quit my job”

APG initiates flexible working in fully renovated office buildings

“You could have been cycling along merrily without noticing that you’d been cycling on the edge of a ravine”

“Will our economy suffer from the tight labor market?”

“The advent of 5G is going to create a lot of innovation”

“I invested my entire student loan to pay for my new courses”

“We can still make it, but we'll have to work hard.”

“I divide every euro I earn into eight different savings funds”

“My father wished I had remained dead”

Dream & deed: “It makes me angry that women are still 2-0 behind in the job market”

“With us you can be yourself, both as a professional and as a person”

How do environmental disasters impact real estate investments?

“Pension funds bear a huge responsibility, for the Netherlands of today and the future”

ABP committed to a debt-free Netherlands

“Boring is the new sexy”

“People with disabilities can contribute just as easily”

“I am deeply involved in the hospitality industry; the customer is king in my opinion”

How do you invest 250 million euros in the Dutch energy transition?

“Is the EC’s new climate plan bad for the stock market?”

“People say: ‘You saved my life’”