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E.H.M. Ponds

Full Professor Economics of Collective Pension Plans
e.h.m.ponds@uvt.nl

Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Department of Economics

Expertise

Eduard Ponds is expert in economics of pensions and collective pension plans, in particular in the fields of pension funds, pension plan (re)design, risk management, actuarial aspects, intergenerational risk sharing, and classic and value-based ALM. His publications are mainly on collective pensions, in particular related to the pension fund sector in the Netherlands and elsewhere.

Apart from holding the chair of Economics of Collective Pension Plans, Eduard Ponds is employed at APG, the company that manages since march 2008 on behalf of pension fund ABP the pension plan of ABP. He was subsequently actuary, senior researcher investments, manager pension fund strategy and currently he is head research collective pensions.

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Publications

Principal publications

Ponds E.H.M. & Riel van B. (2009): Sharing Risk: The Netherlands' New Approach to Pensions, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, , January 2009, vol. 8, pp 91-105.
Hoevenaars R. & Ponds E.H.M. (2008): Valuation of intergenerational transfers in collective funded pension schemes, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, vol 42/2, pp. 578-593.
Ponds E.H.M. (2008): Naar meer jong en oud in collectieve pensioenen, inaugural speech 11 april 2008, Tilburg University. See: Full text
Kortleve N., & Ponds E.H.M. (2006): Pension Deals and Value-based ALM, Chapter 10 in: Kortleve N., Nijman T. & Ponds E.H.M. (eds.) (2006): Fair Value and Pension Fund Management, Elsevier, Amsterdam, june 2006.
Ponds E.H.M. (2003): Pension Funds and Value-Based Generational Accounting, in: Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, vol. 2 , nr 3, november 2003, pp. 295-325.

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Education

PhD, Tilburg University (1995)

Title: Supplementary Pensions, Intergenerational Risk Sharing, and Welfare
Promotor: prof dr Harrie Verbon

Master, Tilburg University (1985)

Economics

Career

Professor Economics of Collective Pension Plans, Tilburg University (2007-present)
Pension fund ABP: subsequently actuary, senior researcher ABP Investments and currently head research collective pensions (1995-present)
Assistant professor Open university Netherlands in 'Financial Markets and Institutions' and in 'Monetary Economics and Policy' (1987-1995)
Researcher at Tias Tilburg University (1985-1987)

Publications

Principal publications

Ponds E.H.M. & Riel van B. (2009): Sharing Risk: The Netherlands' New Approach to Pensions, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, , January 2009, vol. 8, pp 91-105.
Hoevenaars R. & Ponds E.H.M. (2008): Valuation of intergenerational transfers in collective funded pension schemes, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, vol 42/2, pp. 578-593.
Ponds E.H.M. (2008): Naar meer jong en oud in collectieve pensioenen, inaugural speech 11 april 2008, Tilburg University. See: Full text
Kortleve N., & Ponds E.H.M. (2006): Pension Deals and Value-based ALM, Chapter 10 in: Kortleve N., Nijman T. & Ponds E.H.M. (eds.) (2006): Fair Value and Pension Fund Management, Elsevier, Amsterdam, june 2006.
Ponds E.H.M. (2003): Pension Funds and Value-Based Generational Accounting, in: Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, vol. 2 , nr 3, november 2003, pp. 295-325.

Click here for the complete list of publications (Tilburg University Repository Publications only)

Other publications PDF