{"id":475796,"date":"2024-04-28T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?p=475796"},"modified":"2024-04-28T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T05:30:00","slug":"ios-week-pension-funds-to-the-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/ios-week-pension-funds-to-the-rescue\/","title":{"rendered":"IO’s week: Pension funds to the rescue…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In our Sunday newsletter, we, the editors, reflect on the past seven days. We do this on the initiative of our\u00a0cartoonist,\u00a0Albert Jan Rasker<\/a>. He chooses a subject, draws a picture, and we take it from there.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dutch pension funds are investing more and more in deep tech and the energy transition. What can we expect from this \u201cbreakthrough\u201d? Albert Jan knows. No, seriously: Dutch pension funds seem to be taking on a new role as investors in innovative technologies. For\u00a0this article<\/a>, we asked three experts how this development is driving the growth of deep tech and the energy transition in the Netherlands. And why start-ups, this target group that was defined as too risky for so long, have nevertheless become interesting for pension funds. And oh yes, our 67-plus people don’t have to fear for their monthly pension payment just yet…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASML<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In addition, of course, it was ASML’s week, as the company took a big step toward local growth. After the central government gave the region billions in upfront funding, it was the company’s own turn. It did so with the announcement<\/a> to create jobs for 20,000 people at the Brainport Industries Campus expansion site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All these new activities will create new jobs in the supply chain, both inside and outside the region. Brainport Eindhoven is already considering a total of over 70,000 new jobs up to 2040. That will require some 100,000 new housing units. No wonder the region is excited (and fearful) about this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What else caught our eye last week?<\/p>\n\n\n\n