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Kempen has won Fiduciary Manager of the Year for the second year in a row

Kempen has won Fiduciary Manager of the Year for the second year in a row at Financial News’ European Asset Management Awards 2020

Credit quarterly newsletter

Kempen’s Credit team immerses itself in the credit markets on a daily basis. As these markets can change rapidly, it’s vital for the team to be on top of all the latest developments, understand what’s going on and adjust its portfolios accordingly if necessary. The team receives regular enquiries from our clients about its views on the credit markets and where the best opportunities currently lie, so we publish a quarterly credit newsletter providing the team’s views on a topic of interest. In this edition, we talk about the real estate sector within the European credit markets. We discuss the growth of the market in recent years, the challenges facing the sector – which has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic – and the opportunities that are beginning to emerge as a result.

Kempen wins ICGN Global Stewardship Award

Kempen Capital Management (Kempen) is the winner of the ICGN Global Stewardship Disclosure Awards in the Asset Managers <$ 60bn AuM category.

Febelfin sustainability label for Kempen funds

As of today, five Kempen funds are entitled to carry the Febelfin sustainability label. It has been a year since the Belgian organization Febelfin, in consultation with its stakeholders, has developed a quality standard for sustainable financial products, including investment funds. Products that comply with the requirements for this standard are awarded the sustainability label. In the first round of last year, Kempen received the label for 4 funds, to which a fifth fund was added in this round. Kempen is pleased with this recognition of the ESG approach. The label guarantees that the funds invest in a sustainable and socially-responsible manner.

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Dividend Update: How we managed to minimise dividend cuts in our dividend strategy

We’ve been running our dividend strategy for over 20 years and experienced a number of periods in which companies have cut their dividends – the most obvious being the 2008-09 financial crisis, when several financial companies were forced to reduce their payouts.

Van Lanschot Kempen: trading update third quarter 2020

Van Lanschot Kempen today released its trading update for the third quarter of 2020.

Gerard Roelofs leaves Kempen

Gerard Roelofs, managing director client solutions, has decided to leave Van Lanschot Kempen. Gerard joined the company at the beginning of 2017. After four very successful years, Gerard has taken stock and decided it is time for a new challenge.

Asset Allocation Outlook October

Last month we referred to the market wisdom that says there’s no point in investors coming back until September. This year it would certainly have been the wrong time to do so. Not only would investors have missed out on the gains of August, they’d have to digest a loss in September on top of that. At nearly 4%, the biggest loss was in the US. Europe and emerging markets noted a loss of about 2%, while Japan displayed a tiny plus of 0.5%.