News & Knowledge

2018, 29 October

Bohemian Medical Device Summit

For the fifth year in a row Kempen is proud sponsor of the Bohemian Medical Device Summit.

2018, 22 October

Kempen Real Estate Update

Each quarter we publish an entry on a specific theme relevant to our investment process. This time we discuss the factors that determine whether a deal is too hot or still attractive.

2018, 19 October

Salomons' Judgement

Whether the price that investors pay for American shares is too high is a widely discussed topic. It really depends on the way you look at it. Dusting off my own research nevertheless made me worry about the long term.

2018, 18 October

Kempen invests in Swedish wind farm

Amsterdam, 18 October 2018. The Kempen Private Markets Fund has made a direct investment into a wind farm in Sweden. The new wind farm is being built in Bäckhammar, close to Lake Vänerm, the largest lake in Sweden, and will be ready in two years.

2018, 16 October

Kempen strengthens UK team

London / Amsterdam, 16 October 2018. Kempen Capital Management (Kempen) has strengthened its UK team with two new appointments filling newly created roles.

2018, 15 October

Asset Allocation update October

The old market saying ‘Sell in May and go away, but remember, come back in September’ doesn’t seem such a good idea this year. June was a poor month, but equity markets rallied slightly in August. More importantly, those investors who should have returned in September were suddenly confronted with dramatic corrections.

2018, 08 October

Kempen wins Institutional Investor Benelux Award

Kempen is pleased to announce it has won the Institutional Investor Benelux Award in the category ‘Best Fund Selection Team Alternative Investments’.

2018, 08 October

Monthly Commentary

London - 8 October 2018. Welcome to this month's commentary, where we look back over the month of September.

2018, 05 October

Salomons' Judgement

While almost every investor is concerned about the timing of the recession in the United States, the ‘pre-recession year’ 2019 may well become an inflation year. With higher short-term interest rates as a result.

2018, 03 October

Kempen Outlook 2019

At this time of the year, we traditionally take a joint look at the future and present our Macro Outlook for 2019. Last year, we concluded that in spite of the long bull market the current phase of the economic cycle would continue for some time yet. We certainly wouldn’t dare say the same this year, and this explains our additional focus on a number of alternative scenarios.

2018, 03 October

Kempen stops fundamental indexing

Amsterdam, 3 October 2018 – Kempen Capital Management N.V. (Kempen) has decided to discontinue the Fundamental Index®-strategy.

2018, 27 September

IT'S TOUGH! Insights on investor sentiment

I’ve just come back from an extensive round of visiting institutional investors and discussing our best ideas…. A few themes popped up

2018, 26 September

Quarterly Global Small-cap Strategy

In this Quarterly we tell you more about the potential value creation in Japanese companies we invest in. For our investment case the spotlight is on Luxfer, a strong player in specific niches.

2018, 13 December

Kempen launches European Private Equity Fund

Amsterdam, 13 December 2018. Kempen Capital Management (Kempen) announces the introduction of the Kempen European Private Equity Fund, which will focus on small and lower mid-market private equity buy-outs in Northern and Western Europe.

2018, 04 December

Kempen centralises small-cap strategies in Amsterdam

Amsterdam, 4 December 2018 - Kempen Capital Management N.V. (Kempen) has decided to centralise the management of its small-cap investment strategies in Amsterdam.

2018, 30 November

COVRA selects Kempen as their fiduciary manager

Amsterdam, 30 November 2018 - The Central Organisation for Radioactive Waste N.V. (COVRA) has selected Kempen Capital Management N.V. (Kempen) to be their new fiduciary manager.

2018, 20 November

Stichting Pensioenfonds PostNL selects Kempen as fiduciary manager

Today, Van Lanschot Kempen announces that Stichting Pensioenfonds PostNL has chosen Kempen Capital Management to be its new fiduciary manager.