Benjamin Woesthoff

PGGM favors equity investments in North American and Europe and in sectors including financial services, raw materials, services and information technology. Their fixed-income portfolios primarily focus on European government bonds, but they also invest in US bonds and investment-grade credits. Their investment process begins with asset allocation and risk budgeting using VAR and RVAR. They then allocate markets, determine the investment style and select either an internal or an external manager. As a socially responsible investor, the firm pays close attention to the corporate governance practices of the companies in which they invest and exercises their shareholder rights by voting at their general meetings.

AlpInvest Partners invests in companies located across the globe. The firm targets companies operating across a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing in form of debt and equity for buyout, secondary and growth stage capital requirements and also makes co investments.

LIMS is a research-driven, value-oriented manager which aims to invest in quality securities which have above average, long-term growth potential, strong management, financial flexibility and attractive valuations. They receive top-down input from their in-house global research group, as well as bottom-up intelligence from in-house brokers/managers, tenants, appraisers, acquisition professionals and asset managers. The firm's investment research team combines global strategic perspectives with local market intelligence, capturing market trends early and allowing the firm to identify investment opportunities across the risk-return spectrum. Their research is published in LaSalle's Investment Strategy Annual, which helps investors make educated investment decisions. Their on-the-ground presence provides local market knowledge which, when combined with their proprietary research insights, provides the basis for knowing when, where and how to invest and disinvest. Much of the local knowledge comes from LIMS's acquisition officers and portfolio managers who are located in major markets around the world.

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