IPE Conference & Awards 2018 | IPE International Publishers Limited | 7 September 2018 | Convention Centre Dublin, Spencer Dock, N Wall Quay, North Wall, Dublin 1, D01 T1W6, Ireland

The IPE Awards each year recognise the bar-raising achievements of the diverse pension funds across Europe and celebrate excellence by creating a meaningful broad set of benchmarks.

Day one of this prestigious event culminates in the Awards Dinner & Ceremony, when the short-lists and winners of the 40 or so categories are revealed for the first time.

2017 Winners:

GOLD:
EUROPEAN PENSION FUND OF THE YEAR
• PensionDanmark
• ABB Group Pensions Management
• Alecta
• AP4
• ATP
• Bosch Pensionsfonds AG
• SEB Life & Pension

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
• Alan Rubenstein
• PRI
• Elisabeth Bourqui
• AP4
• ATP
• Bosch Pensionsfonds AG
• Geroa Pentsioak EPSV
• Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (MNOPF)
• SEB Life & Pension
• Trafalgar House Pension Trust

SILVER
ACTIVE MANAGEMENT
• Alecta
• AP4
• CERN Pension Fund
• Industriens Pension

CORPORATE PENSION FUND
• HSBC Bank UK Pension Scheme and Trafalgar House Pension Trust
• ABB Group Pensions Management
• Accenture Defined Contribution Pension Plan
• Bosch Pensionsfonds AG
• British Steel Pension Fund
• Linde Vorsorge Aktiv e.V.

MULTI-EMPLOYER/PROFESSIONAL PENSION FUND
• Merchant Navy Officers' Pension Fund (MNOPF)
• Alecta
• Pensioenfonds PGB
• PensionDanmark
• Sampension
• SEB Life & Pension

PASSIVE MANAGEMENT
• FRR
• VBV-Pensionskasse AG​

PUBLIC PENSION FUND
• ERAFP
• Empleados Públicos en la Comunidad Autónoma de Aragon, FP
• Environment Agency Pension Fund (EAPF)
• Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund​

SMALL PENSION FUND
• Unifondo V Pension Fund
• DuPont Pension Fund
• Pensio B
• Pensions Caixa 2, FP
• Repsol II FP
• Swedbank Pension Plan Dinamika+100

SOVEREIGN RESERVE FUND
• ATP
• AP4
• FRR

BRONZE:
ALTERNATIVES
• Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund
• PFA Pension
• PGGM
• Strathclyde Pension Fund

EQUITIES
• SEB Life & Pension
• HVB Pension Fund

FIXED INCOME
• SEB Life & Pension
• PFA Pension
• PGGM
• Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund
• Strathclyde Pension Fun

COUNTRY AND REGIONAL
AUSTRIA PENSIONSKASSE
• Allianz Pensionskasse
• APK Pensionskasse AG
• Austrian Lawyers Pension Fund
• VBV-Pensionskasse AG

AUSTRIA VORSORGEKASSE
• APK Vorsorgekasse AG
• fair-finance Vorsorgekasse AG
• VBV - Vorsorgekasse AG

BELGIUM
• Pensio B
• Amonis OFP
• Integrale
• Pensioenfonds UZ Gent

CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE
• Pension plan Swedbank Dinamika
• JSC NPF Safmar
• NLB Nov penziski fond
• Raiffeisen Mandatory Pension Fund Category C

DENMARK
• ATP
• Industriens Pension
• PensionDanmark
• PFA Pension
• Sampension
• SEB Pension​

FRANCE
• FRR
• AG2R La Mondiale
• ERAFP
• Ircantec

GERMANY BAV
• Bosch Pensionsfonds
• Linde Vorsorge Aktiv e.V.

GERMANY VERSORGUNGSWERK
• Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe
• WPV

IRELAND
• RetireSmart (ESB Defined Contribution Pension Plan)
• Accenture Defined Contribution Pension Plan
• Construction Workers' Pension Scheme

ITALY
• Fondo Pensione Laborfonds
• Cassa Nazionale del Notariato
• Eurofer
• Fondazione Enpam
• Fondo Pensione Previbank
• Fondo Pensioni del Personale Gruppo BNL/BNP Paribas Italia
• Fopen - Fondo pensione complementare dipendenti gruppo Enel

NETHERLANDS
• Pensioenfonds PGB
• Stichting Algemeen Pensioenfonds Unilever Nederland
• Stichting Calpam-Pensioenfonds

PORTUGAL
• Fundo de Pensões Horizonte Valorização
• BPI Valorização
• Fundo de Pensões Banco Santander Totta

SMALL COUNTRIES
• Frjálsi Pension Fund
• Almenni Pension Fund
• MAP Fund

SPAIN CORPORATE SCHEME
• Pensions Caixa 21, Pension Fund
• DuPont Pension Fund
• Previsión Social, Empleados del Grupo Endesa
• Unifondo V Pension Fund

SPAIN MULTI-EMPLOYER SCHEME
• Geroa Pentsioak EPSV
• Caja Ingenieros Multigestión, PP
• Fonditel Gamma
• PPI Deutsche Bank IV

SWEDEN
• SPK
• AP4
• SEB Pension och Försäkring

SWITZERLAND
• ABB Group Pensions Management
• CERN Pension Fund
• CPEG, Caisse de prévoyance de l’Etat de Genève
• Pensionskasse SBBLocal Pensions Partnership Investments

UNITED KINGDOM
• Strathclyde Pension Fund
• Local Pensions Partnership Investments
• Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (MNOPF)
• Railways Pension Scheme (RPS)

THEMED:
CLIMATE RELATED RISK MANAGEMENT
• APG Asset Management
• AG2R La Mondiale
• Church Commissioners for England
• Environment Agency Pension Fund (EAPF)
• ERAFP

DC & HYBRID STRATEGIES
• Bosch Pensionsfonds
• Almenni Pension Fund
• NLB Nov penziski fond
• Pension plan Swedbank Dinamika
• PensionDanmark
• Sampension
• Stichting Algemeen Pensioenfonds Unilever Nederland

DIVERSIFICATION
• Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (MNOPF)
• DuPont Pension Fund
• Empleados de Telefonica de España
• Industriens Pension
• Pensions Caixa 2, FP
• Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund

EMERGING MARKETS
• Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund
• APK Pensionskasse AG

ESG
• Alecta
• AG2R La Mondiale
• AP4
• APG Asset Management
• Environment Agency Pension Fund (EAPF)
• ERAFP
• Ircantec

FACTOR INVESTING
• HSBC Bank UK Pension Scheme
• FRR
• Ircantec

IN-HOUSE INVESTMENT TEAM
• PGGM
• Alecta
• AP4
• British Steel Pension Fund
• Dobrowolny Fundusz Emerytalny PZU (PZU VPF)
• Railways Pension Scheme (RPS)

INNOVATION
• PensionDanmark
• Almenni Pension Fund
• Amundi Pension Fund
• Environment Agency Pension Fund (EAPF)
• Stichting Calpam-Pensioenfonds

PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION
• Sampension
• Bosch Pensionsfonds AG
• FRR
• Linde Vorsorge Aktiv e.V.

REAL ASSETS & INFRASTRUCTURE
• Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe
• PensionDanmark
• Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund

REAL ESTATE
• Church Commissioners for England
• Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe
• Integrale
• PenSam
• PensionDanmark

RISK MANAGEMENT
• Trafalgar House Pension Trust
• Amonis OFP
• FRR
• HVB Pension Fund
• Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (MNOPF)
• SPK

SPECIALIST INVESTMENT MANAGERS
• PGGM
• Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (MNOPF)
• Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund