Mario Hooghiemstra

Blue Sky Group BV (BSG) is an independent Dutch pension fund management firm which traces their origins to 1999 when they were the in-house asset manager for KLM's retirement funds. Headquartered in Amstelveen, BSG specializes in pension fund administration, administrative processes, asset management and fiduciary communications.

Columbia Threadneedle Netherlands BV (CT Netherlands) is the wholly owned, Netherlands-based investment management subsidiary of Columbia Threadneedle Group (Holdings) Ltd., ultimately held by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) in the US. The firm was formerly known as F&C Netherlands BV and became BMO Asset Management Netherlands BV in 2018. They were renamed Columbia Threadneedle Netherlands BV when BMO rebranded to Columbia Threadneedle Investments in 2022. Headquartered in Amsterdam, CT Netherland manages fixed-income assets, credit, convertible stocks and real estate for Dutch institutional investors such as pension funds and insurance companies.