Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 205
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Features
Focus Group: Split on high pay for trustees
Nine (40%) of the investors polled for this month’s Focus Group say diversity is important or very important on a pension fund board. Just two consider it to be unimportant, although 11 are ambivalent about the issue.
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Diary of an Investor: What chain?
Last year, if anyone had mentioned blockchain my first associations would have been Bitcoin, the dark web and cybercrime. But such new concepts have a habit of shifting shape
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator July 2016
During the survey period, managers experienced a different environment than during the two prior months. The dollar reversed its weakening trend, and commodity prices diverged as oil prices rose, metals’ declined, and coming screaming to the forefront of geopolitical headlines was the Brexit vote.
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AnalysisIPE Honorary Commendation 2015 – Dick Sluimers
When Dick Sluimers stepped down as chairman and chief executive officer at what he described as a “natural time” to retire from the €412bn Dutch asset manager and pensions provider APG, his legacy was already well-entrenched, having spent many years in the Dutch government before being ...
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IPE Honorary Commendation 2015 – Noël Amenc
Noël Amenc was the founding director of EDHEC Risk Institute (EDHEC), the centre for risk and asset management research established as part of the not-for-profit EDHEC Business School. Under his leadership – a post he relinquished in 2015 to concentrate on building EDHEC’s smart beta specialist ...
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FeaturesIPE Real Estate Outstanding Industry Contribution 2016 - Rupert Nabarro
“Through IPD, Nabarro educated the global property industry to the importance of independent performance measurement, risk management and information transparency. Surely all real estate investors at some stage have used his increasing legacy?” – judge’s comment An economist known extensively for his work in ...
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IPE Real Estate Outstanding Industry Contribution 2009 – Andrea Carpenter
Andrea Carpenter’s experience and tenacity as director of research and marketing at INREV – the European Association for Investors in non-listed real estate – directly contributed to the sector ’s strong stance in the face of extreme adversity at the time. Carpenter joined INREV in 2007 and brought with her ...
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IPE Real Estate Outstanding industry contribution 2010 - APG/PGGM/USS
The joint APG Asset Management, PGGM Investments and the Universities Superannuation Scheme study carried out by the University of Maastricht into the environmental impact of real estate investments was far more than a courageous step. It was a ground-breaking initiative that has since helped shape theinstitutional real estate investment market. ...
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FeaturesIPE Real Estate Outstanding Industry Contribution 2015 - Patrick Kanters
“Impressive career record and sense of responsibility. Kanters is an industry icon who runs a sophisticated organisation with a thoughtful strategy and management” – judge’s comment One of the most respected figures in the global institutional real estate industry, Patrick Kanters is managing director of ...
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IPE Real Estate Outstanding Industry Contribution 2014 - Hermann Aukamp
After 33 years at prominent German pension, scheme Nordrheinische Ärzteversorgung (NAEV), Hermann Aukamp, the scheme’s chief investment officer and director of real estate, retired in April. At NAEV, he was instrumental in drafting and executing a dynamic real estate strategy. He also acted as an adviser ...
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IPE Real Estate Outstanding Industry Contribution 2013 - Guillaume Poitrinal
Pioneer leaves leading real estate company in great shapeGuillaume Poitrinal has won the prestigious IP Real Estate Outstanding Industry Contribution Award 2013 as he began the next chapter of his career, having just stepped down as chief executive officer of the listed French commercial real estate ...
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IPE Real Estate Outstanding Industry Contribution 2012 - National Pension Service, South Korea
Aggressive diversification pays offIt is refreshing to see a pension fund win the Outstanding Industry Contribution at this year’s IP Real Estate Awards. With some €383bn in assets under management, South Korea’s sovereign National Pension Service (NPS) is the third largest pension scheme in the world, but this award is ...
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IPE Real Estate Outstanding Industry Contribution 2011 - GRESB
Seeds of changeThe Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) is a far-reaching and innovative initiative to assess the environmental and social performance of public and private real estate investments. The dynamic benchmark is to be used by institutional investors to engage with fund managers and listed property companies to improve ...
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IPE Real Estate Outstanding Industry Contribution 2008 - Paul McNamara
It is no surprise that Paul McNamara had remained with Prudential for just over 21 years when this was written. This is the kind of loyalty and devotion you would expect from somebody who since beginning his career on completing his PhD worked relentlessly on taking ...
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IPE Real Estate Outstanding Industry Contribution 2007 - Lisette van Doorn
When Lisette van Doorn won the Outstanding Industry Award at the 2nd IPE Real Estate Awards in 2007, real estate investing by European pension funds – particularly in private funds – was still a fledgling industry. And in order to help the European investment market mature ...
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IPE Real Estate Outstanding Industry Contribution 2006 - Anne Maher
A sure hand on the tiller It says much about a person when a pensions regulator heads the poll for this Award. This is what Anne Maher, chief executive at the Pensions Board in Ireland, has done. In fact, the end of her stint at the ...
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IPE Real Estate Honorary Commendation 2016 – Guido Verhoef
Guido Verhoef has a rich history in institutional real estate and has been head of private real estate and Dutch pensions investment manager, PGGM, since 2008. This means he is responsible for a huge €12bn global portfolio consisting of approximately 150 non-listed funds, club investments and ...
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IPE Pension Fund Personality of the Year 2014 - Penny Green
Raising the bar in pensions Judge’s comment: “Penny has been a stalwart in UK pensions for many years and will be missed for her highly engaged and committed approach.” With over 20 years in the pensions industry, Penny Green has devoted herself not only to streamlining and ...
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IPE Outstanding Industry Contribution 2014 - Mats Andersson
Leading the fight to control climate change Few European pension fund chief executives will get to address the United Nations general assembly. Yet Mats Andersson, CEO of Sweden’s fourth pension buffer fund Fjärde AP-fonden (AP4), achieved this accolade in September this year. The hon- our of addressing ...
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IPE Pension Fund Personality of the Year 2013 - Peter Borgdorff
Judge’s comment - “Peter has long been one of the leading lights within the Dutch pensions industry. For a number years, he was the head of the Dutch Industry-Wide Pensions Association, where he helped lead the sector through the constant challenges it faced. This ...
