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    IPE Outstanding Industry Contribution 2004 - Alan Pickering

    Common sense and political realism wins friends across Europe Alan Pickering wears so many hats within the pensions arena that it would be impossible to hazard a guess as to why IPE readers and others selected him from 20-plus other individuals and organisations nominated for the Outstanding ...

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    IPE Outstanding Industry Contribution 2005 - Koen De Ryck

    Peers acknowledge the ‘constant gardener’ of European pensions This year’s winner of the Award for Outstanding Industry Contribution goes to Koen De Ryck. He was the clear favourite among the 18 candidates who were on the list that IPE readers were asked to vote on. That comes ...

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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 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 Outstanding Industry Contribution 2007 - Keith Ambachtsheer

    The pension thinking revolutionary Thought leadership is a well worn term but one sure practitioner in the pension fund world is Keith Ambachtsheer, who has been voted by our readers as winner of this year’s IPE Gold Award for outstanding industry contribution. He is perhaps most familiar ...

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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 Outstanding Industry Contribution 2008 - Philip Neyt

    Heart of the matter Some people bring a dedication and commitment to their work that is truly commendable and shows a degree of leadership most could only dream of. Usually modest and humble in their approach, these are the outstanding thought leaders that take their industries to ...

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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 Outstanding Industry Contribution 2009 - Anton van Nunen

    The Darwin of the pensions world Anton van Nunen is much more than a highly respected pensions specialist: he is a trendsetter whose innovative fiduciary management model is revolutionising the way pension schemes view their investments and structural organisation. His concept has played a significant part in ...

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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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    IPE Outstanding Industry Contribution 2010 - Chris Verhaegen

    Chris Verhaegen’s influence on the European pension funds industry is immediately apparent in the pages of IPE. In one instance she is commenting on trans-Atlantic co-operation between pension fund associations; in another she is offering her views on the new European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority ...

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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 Outstanding Industry Contribution 2011 - PensionsInfo

    Next level in sophisticated pensions communication Denmark’s PensionsInfo became the first comprehensive online pensions service in the world that allows any member of any pension scheme in Denmark to check a whole range of information on their pension. This is a truly innovative development that is taking the principles of ...

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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 Pension Fund Personality of the Year 2012 - Geraldine Leegwater

    The mind behind the blueprint for success A distinction of winning the coveted IPE Pension Fund Personality of the Year Award is that this is the readers’ choice. By voting for ABN AMRO Pension Fund’s Geraldine Leegwater, they are acknowledging the leadership qualities and dedication she has ...

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    IPE Outstanding Industry Contribution 2012 - Lars Rohde

    The perfect swansong What better way to end your career at one the world’s leading pension funds than to be honoured by your peers for your outstanding contribution to the industry? That is exactly what has happened this year to Lars Rohde, soon to step down ...

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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 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 ...

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    IPE Outstanding Industry Contribution 2013 - Richard Balfe

    Judge’s comment - “Richard has been an outstanding and outspoken supporter of pensions funds and the pensions industry, not only in his capacity as chairman of the MEPs fund, and more recently as a director of the CERN fund, but all through his political ...

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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 ...