AEGON’s reputation as one of Europe’s leading pension providers has been confirmed with three nominations and two awards for this year’s European Pensions Awards.
AEGON Global Pensions won, for the second year in a row, the Pension Provider of the Year Award. AEGON subsidiary TKP won, for the fourth time, the Multi-Manager of the Year Award. In 2010, AEGON Global Pensions was announced as the winner of the Pension Provider of the Year Award and Pension Pooling of the Year Award (this category no longer exists).
The judges were enthused with AEGON Global Pensions' "new generation of solutions", catering to multinational companies that are opting for an integrated, cross-border approach to pension management. These include an extensive range of derisking solutions including pension buyouts, buy-ins and longevity swaps; cross-border multi-client asset pooling; an IORP cross-border pension solution (the Dutch Pension Premium Institution); and expatriate retirement solutions.
A provider which, said the judges, "breaks all boundaries of pension provision, and doesn't rely on the high profile name of its parent company to stay ahead of the game".
Frans van der Horst, Managing Director of AEGON Global Pensions said: ‘‘Once again, these awards recognise AEGON’s deep capabilities and expertise in European pensions. The quality of our offering is further underlined by the award for the fourth year in a row of the Multi-Manager of the Year Award to AEGON subsidiary TKP Investments. Companies are increasingly looking to consolidate and centralise their pension activities around the world – and AEGON has developed a number of advanced national and international pension solutions, including AEGON Global Pension’s unique multi-client asset pooling and derisking solutions.’
The awards ceremony took place on 30 June, 2011 in London. Comedian Alan Cochrane presented the awards. On behalf of AEGON Global Pensions, Regional Sales Director Andrew Wood collected the award. Roelie van Wijk of TKP Investments collected the other award.
