Alexander van Ittersum joined AEGON Global Pensions in February 2008 as product development manager for asset pooling, based in The Hague. He holds an MA in Business Economics from the University of Groningen and an MBA from the NIMBAS Graduate School of Management in Utrecht and Bradford.

Prior to joining AEGON Global Pensions, van Ittersum worked for six years with Robeco Asset Management as senior product manager responsible for the institutional fund range and later for the fixed income product range. Before Robeco, he worked for Euronext as relationship manager.

In the light of the economic crisis, pensions are now very much a boardroom issue, with CFOs looking to reduce pension risks and to control costs. For companies with pension plans in multiple countries, this is no easy undertaking. Due to the diversity ... Read more