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.

News & Knowledge

2020, 12 August

Monthly Commentary

I have been thinking a lot about inflation recently, more specifically the outlook for inflation given current circumstances and the massive amount of stimulus that has been thrown at economies over the last 6 months. This stimulus has come in the form of a) lower interest rates, and b) asset purchases funded by electronic money printing by central banks (quantitative easing or QE).

2020, 11 August

Kempen Real Estate: Sustainable Funds Market Briefing

Egbert Nijmeijer, co-head of Global Listed Real estate, presenting on 30th July at Investment week's Sustainable Virtual Market Briefing. In this presentation, we address four key questions:

Why is ESG important for property?

How do we integrate ESG in the investment process?

What is the impact of climate risk on real estate valuations?

How can engagement drive alpha?

This is followed by a Q&A session with the audience.

2020, 07 August

Kempen's Commentary

It’s holiday time, and the coronavirus has forced many families to cancel or change their plans for this season. There is much debate among economists as to whether the corona crisis is inflationary or deflationary. It’s especially inflationary for holiday homes in the Netherlands. I heard that many houses are fully booked and prices are skyrocketing.