ABP Network

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On September 17, ABP, the Dutch pension fund, warned that essential conditions for transferring politicians’ pensions to its scheme remain unmet, stating it does not support the current legislative proposal for the General Pensions Act for Political Office Holders (APPA). While endorsing the act's objectives, the fund highlighted that important conditions for a careful pension transfer lack sufficient detail. Previously, on September 7, ABP Education, the education arm of ABP Group, led a seed funding round for YoLearn.ai, a voice-first AI tutoring platform, which had previously raised $500,000 in pre-seed funding at a $5 million valuation. In August, Europe's largest pension fund, ABP, which manages assets worth over half a trillion euros for 3 million teachers and government employees, significantly reduced its holdings in US Treasury bonds. By the end of March 2026, it had divested 84% of its US securities, shrinking its portfolio from approximately €29 billion at the end of 2024 to €4.6 billion. This followed an August 12 co-investment by ABP, one of the Netherlands’ largest pension funds, in Nearfield Instruments, a Rotterdam-based company specializing in advanced measurement technology for semiconductor chip testing. Separately, on August 11, ABP Group acquired a minority stake in Yorkshire-based beef processor Dovecote Park, expanding its involvement in the premium British beef market through the acquisition of Benoni Holding Corporation. The Irish-owned food group did not disclose investment details for the transaction.