Managing a pension fund, especially today, turns out to be a huge and complicated task. Jean Frijns, Professor of Investment Theory at VU University and chairman of the Frijns-committee, explains the challenges pension fund managers are faced with today, and what they can do to get it right. In short: formulate your investment beliefs and implement them properly.
About Alfred Slager
Alfred Slager is professor of pension fund management at TiasNimbas Business School, and director of CentER Appplied Research at the Tilburg School of Economics and Management. His expertise includes international financial services, with a particular interest in investment management and pension funds. He regularly teaches courses to investment managers and pension fund trustees. Prior to this he worked as Chief Investment Officer at Stork Pension Fund, as investment strategist and policy advisor at PGGM Investments, and as manager research and investment manager at Fortis Investments. Slager regularly publishes on pension and investment management subjects and teaches executive courses for pension fund trustees.
“Koedijk and Slager did a great job in bridging the gap between academic research and everyday practice. " - Prof. Jean Frijns, VU University Amsterdam
"This is an impressive contribution to trustee knowledge and understanding" - Professor Gordon L Clark
University of Oxford
