Dr Renate Finke Renate Finke works as a senior pension analyst in the International Pensions unit at Allianz Global Investors AG in Munich. Her main responsibilities include research and publications on trends in the global retirement market. Her special focus is the quantitative analysis of market development and growth potential. Before joining Allianz Global Investors in 2009 she worked for the Dresdner Bank AG/ Allianz Group in Frankfurt/Main in the Economics Department. Her academic background includes the diploma degree in economics, some time as an academic assistant and her doctorate in economics at the University of Münster (Germany); she also spent two years as a research fellow at the University of Florida in the United States.
RENATE FINKE | MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013 Despite the effects of the 2008 financial crisis, the global retirement market is expected to grow by 66 per cent by 2020, representing an annual growth rate of 4.7 per cent. Total pension assets will increase from €22 trillion to €36 trillion ... Read more PAGE: 1 |
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