Kempen wins Institutional Investor Benelux Award

The prize was awarded during the Benelux Alternatives Summit in Amsterdam. The annual event was attended by senior investment officials from leading pension funds, foundations, family offices and fiduciary managers in the Benelux region, to discuss investing in alternative assets. Prior to the event, professionals in the financial sector could submit their votes in several categories.

On collecting the award, Edzard Potgieser, Private Markets Director at Kempen said: ‘This award is a recognition of the knowledge and experience of our large alternatives investment team, who deal with a wide variety of investment categories.

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2021, 16 April

Asset Allocation Outlook April

And all of a sudden, fears of rising interest rates just seemed to evaporate. While US 10-year government bond yields had already climbed to 1.7%, the S&P500 and EUROSTOXX 600 indices once again noted new record highs. This was against a background of rising new coronavirus cases, but also an acceleration in vaccination programmes and potential further fiscal stimulation in the US. Europe is now lagging behind in economic terms, but growth will pick up later this year. We continue to be positive about equities, primarily European equities. For bonds we view higher yields as a risk and are only positive about European high yield credits and emerging market debt listed in US dollars.

2021, 15 April

Kempen pushes for further growth of its market position in the Nordics

Kempen Capital Management (Kempen) is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Poulsen as Director of Business Development Nordics. Poulsen will focus specifically on servicing banks, wealth managers, and institutional investors within the Nordics countries. With this appointment, Kempen pushes for further growth in Europe.

2021, 13 April

Kempen Real Estate Update: 2021 – No time to be passive

Despite its hugely progressive, efficient and vastly wealth creating characteristics, the modern capitalist model seems to struggle to deal effectively with externalities such as greenhouse gas “”GHG” driven pollution. These emissions are contributing to an unprecedented heating of the planet.