Alfred Slager

  • European pension fund managers growing more optimistic, survey shows
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    European pension fund managers growing more optimistic, survey shows

    2011-05-13T12:30:00

    62% of respondents to Global Pension Survey less concerned about inflation than in previous quarters.

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    GPS: Blow to funds’ optimism

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    European pension funds say they have become more concerned about their own organisation’s ability to meet its financial objectives during the third quarter of 2010, with pessimistic views outnumbering optimistic views.

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    GPS: Pension fund managers more optimistic than last quarter

    July 2010 (Magazine)

    European pension funds were more optimistic about the economy in their own countries during the second quarter of 2010. Pension fund managers were also more positive about the financial situation of their own fund than in the first quarter. However, the rise in optimism about the economy in their own ...

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    Preparing for the challenges ahead

    May 2010 (Magazine)

    The recent Global Pension Survey highlights a number of positive changes that pension fund managers are implementing to develop a business model that works in bull and bear markets alike. Changing demographics, pensions reforms in mature economies and fickle financial markets are creating strong tail-winds. But the ride will be ...

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    Beta: genuinely active management

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    Getting your beta right is one of the main challenges for an institutional investor, and alpha and beta management strategies provide a new emerging framework for institutional asset management. Bob Rädecker and Alfred Slager explain PGGM’s philosophy and innovations behind beta management

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    Putting compulsion back on the agenda

    August 2006 (Magazine)

    Does compulsory collective membership of employers’ pension schemes, a cornerstone of the Dutch pension system, deliver better value for money than individual commercial pension plans? Rene van de Kieft and Alfred Slager investigate