All articles by IPE staff – Page 22
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Positive approach to New Year
IPE asked pension funds in three countries – Germany, Italy and Norway – the same question, ‘What do you hope will happen in 2006, and what do you fear?’ Here are their answers: Dirk Lepelmeier, head of investments at Nordrheinische Ärtzeversorgung (NAEV), which has an AUM of €7.5bn “The ...
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Outstanding performance from innovative newcomer
The Gildi Pension Fund is a new name in Icelandic pensions, but it has now won the country award in the first year of its existence. The fund was established on 1 January 2005, from the merger of two pension funds, the Framsyn Pension Fund and the Seamen’s Pension Fund. ...
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Satisfied by sexy industry
Han Thoman recently retired as managing director of Blue Sky Group, which manages the pension assets of airline KLM and several other clients. He also stepped down as chairman of OPF, the Dutch organisation for company pension funds. He joined Blue Sky in 1999 as it was spun off from ...
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Getting results from promoting greener way of investing
Socially responsible investing (SRI) has for some time been in fashion among institutional investors. Yet it is an approach that is easier to talk about than put into practice. This year’s SRI winner – the Environment Agency Active Fund – has, however, managed to translate the rhetoric into action. The ...
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Innovation gets results
PME Bedrijfstakpensioenfonds Metalektro (PME), which has assets under management of €18bn, attributes its success to a number of clear-cut principles that underpin the organisation and govern the way in which the pension scheme operates. PME has a strong executive board that is responsible for determining basic policy. The task of ...
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Pyramid structure provides solid foundations
Two special characteristics led to Germany’s Nordrheinische Aertzeversorgung (NAEV), the North Rhine Doctors’ Pension Scheme, entering and winning IPE’s coveted themed award for property investments: the restructuring of its real estate portfolio and its risk-adjusted asset allocation strategy. Founded in 1959 in the densely populated and highly industrialised state of ...
