The Netspar Thesis Awards were presented in Leiden during the International Pension Workshop. Netspar awards prizes for outstanding theses related to the Netspar research program. Netspar congratulates the winners: BSc UWV* – Jakub Polansky (Amsterdam University college) with Direct Residential Mortgage Investments in Dutch Pension Fund Portfolios MSc UWV* – Floris van Loo (TiU) with Transition to a new pension contract, exploring value transfers in the double transition MSc…

As of January 1, 2018, Gerard van Olphen, chairman of the Board of Directors of APG, has been appointed member of the Supervisory Board of Netspar Foundation by the members of the Foundation Board. With this appointment the vacancy that arises with the departure of Else Bos at the end of this year has been filled. Job Swank, chairman of the Supervisory Board, said…

Netspar-researcher and board member Marike Knoef is appointed Professor of Empirical Microeconomics at Leiden University per January 1, 2018. This was announced on Friday November 23. For Netspar, Marike conducts research into, among other things, pension accrual, pension needs and the design of freedom of choice and customization. In addition, as a member of the Netspar management, she is closely involved in the realization…

She received this award on November 8 from the World Cultural Counsil (WCC), because of the impact and positive contribution of her research to the cultural enrichment of society. We heartily congratulate Marike with this award. The WCC yearly awards leading, young and talented researchers that perform on an excellent level in the field of research, education or art. Read more about the WCC…

He receives this prize from the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW) for his Netspar dissertation ‘Between Goals and Expectations: Essays on Pensions and Retirement‘. We sincerely congratulate Jochem on this wonderful achievement! In Netspar research, Jochem deals with expenditure on elderly care and support, the financial position and (development) of spending patterns of the elderly. You can check out other publications from Jochem…

The Netspar board has honored four applications for theme projects and awarded € 250 per project. Netspar wishes the researchers good luck with the implementation of these three-year projects. The intended start is in January 2018.

Every year, Netspar awards prizes in the amount of EUR 3,000 each for outstanding theses in the following categories: Bachelor’s thesis: 1 Award Research or regular master’s thesis: 2 Awards PhD thesis  or dissertation: 1 Award Netspar TIAS Academy final project: 1 Awards Pensioenfonds UWV sponsors the Bachelor’s Award and one of the two Master’s Awards, based on the criterion that the thesis covers…

Thanks to the efforts of many, in 2016, Netspar has again been able to make a positive contribution to a well informed pension debate and thus contributing to the continuous improvement of the possibilities for financing ‘ the old day’ in the Netherlands. In our annual report you can read all the facts and figures. In addition, we proudly present eleven testimonials, in which…

On June 21, the INPARR International Research Seminar: Pension Foresight: Envisaging Retirement Income Plans of the Future took place in Paris, France. This International Seminar was composed of four sessions which provided a window into the latest thinking and research that sheds light on where pension plans and designs are headed in the future and challenges to their sustainability and efficiency. In particular, there…

On June 27 final presentations for the 2016-2017 executive education courses will be held. Netspar will once again offer executive education courses in the field of pension innovation to its partners’ staff members during the 2017-2018 academic year. The master class cycle (including the final project) has received high marks for several years in a row. The structure will remain largely unchanged: Master Class…