The IPE 2019 Awards took place yesterday in Copenhagen rewarding the best pension funds in Europe. This edition attracted more than 430 entries across 43 categories, with participating investors having €2trn in assets under management. Ninety one judges were involved in assessing entries. The IPE Awards search for Excellence among European pension funds, highly diverse and innovative pensions industry.
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The IPE Awards each year recognise the bar-raising achievements of the best pension funds across Europe and celebrate excellence by creating a meaningful broad set of benchmarks.
In this edition, the winner of the night was ATP who won the European Pension Fund of the Year award & Long-Term Investment Strategy award. ATP is the Denmark’s biggest pension fund and the Europe’s fourth-largest pension fund with around $120 billion of assets under management.
Gold IPE Awards: best pensions fund
| European Pension Fund of the Year | ATP |
| Outstanding Industry Contribution | Christian Böhm |
| Pension Fund Achievement of the Year | APG GroeiFabriek |
| Long-Term Investment Strategy | ATP |
Silver IPE Awards: best pensions fund
| Corporate Pension Fund | Pensions Caixa 30 |
| Multi-Employer/Professional Pension Fund | Alecta |
| Public Pension Fund | Bundespensionskasse |
| Small Pension Fund | Stichting Calpam-Pensioenfonds |
| National / Sovereign Fund | ATP |
| Active Management | Fjärde AP-fonden (AP4) |
| Passive Management | FRR |
Bronze IPE Awards: best pensions fund
| Alternatives | Industriens Pension |
| Equities | BBVA Pensiones V and ERAFP |
| Fixed Income | Alecta |
