<![CDATA[News ]]> https://news.achmea.nl/ en Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:29:04 +0200 Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:56:54 +0200 <![CDATA[News ]]> https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_1060.jpg https://news.achmea.nl/ 144 Achmea splits mortgage and real estate activities of Syntrus Achmea Real Estate & Finance https://news.achmea.nl/achmea-splits-mortgage-and-real-estate-activities-of-syntrus-achmea--real-estate--finance/ https://news.achmea.nl/achmea-splits-mortgage-and-real-estate-activities-of-syntrus-achmea--real-estate--finance/655793As of 1 October 2024, Achmea will split the mortgage and real estate activities of Syntrus Achmea Real Estate & Finance B.V. The Dutch regulators, DNB and AFM, as well as the works council, have given their approval. This organisational change is important for the further growth of Achmea in mortgages and real estate.

The activities will be restructured as follows:

  • Syntrus Achmea Hypotheekdiensten B.V. will continue its activities (origination and management of mortgages) as a subsidiary of Achmea Bank N.V. Her two subsidiaries, Achmea Hypotheken B.V. and Attens Hypotheken B.V., will therefore also be transferred to Achmea Bank.
  • Achmea Mortgage Funds B.V. (trade name Achmea Mortgages) will take over the management of mortgage funds and investment portfolios from Syntrus Achmea Real Estate & Finance. Achmea Mortgage Funds will also become the manager of the Achmea Mortgage Investment Platform.
  • In addition to the trade name, Achmea Real Estate will become the legal name of the real estate company, which is responsible for asset management of real estate funds and separate accounts. 

Achmea Bank, Achmea Mortgage Funds and Achmea Real Estate will each have their own management board and organisational structure. Composition of the statutory boards of the above-mentioned entities is as follows: 

  • Achmea Bank and Syntrus Achmea Hypotheekdiensten: 
    Pierre Huurman (CEO) and Mark Geubbels (director Finance & Risk); 
  • Achmea Mortgage Funds:
    Hikmet Sevdican (chair statutory board) and Johan Dijkstra (director Finance);
  • Achmea Real Estate:
    Toon Sweens (co-chair, director Operations), Boris van der Gijp (co-chair, director Investments) and Mascha Hendrickx (director Finance). 
     
]]> Tue, 27 Aug 2024 08:30:00 +0200 Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:56:54 +0000 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/1060/500_achmealocatie-45.jpg?10000 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/1060/achmealocatie-45.jpg?10000 Achmea Bank acquires mortgages from a.s.r. up to an amount of €1 billion annually https://news.achmea.nl/achmea-bank-acquires-mortgages-from-asr-up-to-an-amount-of-1-billion-annually/ https://news.achmea.nl/achmea-bank-acquires-mortgages-from-asr-up-to-an-amount-of-1-billion-annually/593937Achmea Bank and a.s.r. reached an agreement to continue their cooperation in the mortgage field for three years. Each month during this period, Achmea Bank will acquire newly originated mortgages with a short-term fixed-interest period from a.s.r., up to an amount of €1 billion annually. In the new agreement, Aegon Asset Management will be acting as the relationship manager for Achmea Bank. 

The acquisition will not affect customers in the portfolio; a.s.r. remains their point of contact and the agreement and terms and conditions will not change.

Pierre Huurman, chairman at Achmea Bank’s Executive Board: “Achmea Bank and a.s.r. have been working together in the mortgage field for quite some time now. The two organisations reinforce each other and so we are pleased to continue our strategic alliance. This extension underlines our growth ambitions in financial services.”

Patrick Klijnsmit, chief executive at a.s.r. asset management: “We have found in Achmea, for several years now, a suitable partner with a long-term vision and proven knowledge of mortgages. Today we announce the continuation of our three-year agreement from 2021. However, the true origin of our partnership in mortgages dates back from 2019, when Achmea Bank acquired the largest part of the then banking operations of a.s.r. bank. This turned out to be the start of a fruitful partnership in which we also confine a lot of trust in the future.”

Bas NieuweWeme, global chief executive at Aegon AM: “We are excited to play a part in this successful mortgage agreement. Our involvement follows our long-term strategic partnership with a.s.r. This partnership was created after combining Aegon’s Dutch insurance, pension, banking and mortgage activities with that of a.s.r. early 2023.”

Achmea Bank and a.s.r. entered into a three-year alliance at the end of 2021. Since then, Achmea Bank has acquired the target volume of some €2 billion of mortgages from a.s.r. This was done mainly through portfolio transactions and also with newly-originated mortgages with a fixed-interest period of up to five years.

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