The UK’s Pension Protection Fund (PPF) won the award for real estate investment at the 2014 IPE Awards in Vienna on Thursday.
PensionDanmark, meanwhile, won the award for infrastructure investment. The Danish pension fund was the was the stand-out winner, also taking home the coveted Best European Pension Fund award.
The award for Best Long-Term Investment Strategy was shared by Kingfisher Pension Scheme and PKA.
The full winners list for the 2014 IPE Awards
Gold Awards
Best European Pension Fund: PensionDanmark
Outstanding Industry Contribution: Mats Anderson
Pension Fund Personality of the Year: Penny Green
Long Term Investment Strategy: Kingfisher Pension Scheme and PKA
Silver Awards
Best Corporate Pension Fund: Bosch Pensionsfonds AG
Best Industry-wide Pension Fund: NEST Corporation
Best Public Pension Fund: Fjärde AP-fonden (AP4)
Best Small European Pension Fund: Frjálsi Pension Fund
Bronze Awards
Alternatives: PKA
Equities: Fonditel B
Fixed Income: Bayerische Versorgungskammer
Themed Awards
Active Management: Allianz Pensionskasse AG
Climate Related Risk Management: Environment Agency Pension Fund
Commodities: APG
DC/Hybrid Strategy: Industriens Pension
Diversification: NEST Corporation
Emerging Markets: SAUL
ESG: Environment Agency Pension Fund and PFZW
Infrastructure: PensionDanmark
In-house Investment Team: British Steel Pension Fund
Innovation: BT Pension Scheme
Portfolio Construction: SPK
Real Estate: Pension Protection Fund (PPF)
Risk Management: SPK
Smart Beta: SEB Pension
Specialist Investment Managers: MNOPF Trustees
Countries
Austria Pensionskasse: APK Pensionskasse AG
Austria Vorrsogekasse: fair-finance Vorsorgekasse
Belgium: Integrale and Amonis OFP
Central & Eastern Europe: NLB Nov Penziski Fond
Denmark: Industriens Pension and PensionDanmark
Finland: VER State Pension Fund
France: FRR
Germany bAV: Linde Custodian e.V.
Germany Versorgungswerk: Bayerische Versorgungskammer
Germany Versorgungswerk: Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe
Ireland: Construction Workers’ Pension Scheme
Italy: Fondenergia
Netherlands: ABN AMRO Pension Fund
Norway: Oslo Pensjonsforsikring AS
Portugal: Horizonte 3 Open Pension Funds of Pensõesgere
Small Countries: Frjálsi Pension Fund
Spain: Geroa Pentsioak EPSV
Sweden: SPK
Switzerland: Pension Fund SBB
United Kingdom: British Steel Pension Fund
