Research

ORTEC experts regularly publish articles and working papers in a wide variety of financial publications. ORTEC’s view and solutions are also covered in various newspapers, financial magazines and journals. By doing so, we give our reaction to developments in the dynamic areas we are active in. Apart from that, we keep our clients regularly informed about the developments within our innovative solutions and developments within ORTEC itself.

Recent Research

Market Consistent ALM for Life Insurers - Steps toward Solvency II
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Developments in Pension contracts - "Indexatielabel"
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Press releases

CheckMijnPensioen.nl awarded communication prize
At the tenth annual pension symposium organised by Pensioen, Bestuur & Management, ORTEC received the award for “excellent communication by a commercial provider in the pension market”. “ORTEC developed an innovative and convenient pension planner, www.CheckMijnPensioen.nl, that not only combines the pension overviews of the participants, but also takes the entire family income into consideration”, according to the report of the jury.
ORTEC Focus on Switzerland
During 2007 ORTEC took the initial steps in a determined strategy to expand its services to the Swiss institutional investor market. The approach included the creation of specific methodologies and models, particularly a detailed modeling of the liabilities reflecting local Swiss regulations.
In 2008 ORTEC will continue to strengthen its presence in Switzerland from its new office in Pfäffikon.
Guus Boender wins NPN Award
On November 1st, 2007 the third annual NPN Awards were handed out during a festive gala at Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam. Dozens of pension funds, both big and small, took the time and energy to impress the NPN jury with their best practices this year. Guus Boender, currently on the Supervisory Board of ORTEC International, took home the most prestigious award of the night.

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Pension Funds

Pension funds operate in a world that is becoming more and more dynamic and complex. Economic and demographic factors are exerting an increasing degree of influence on future financial results. Pension funds are being increasingly confronted with new local financial assessment frameworks. They can also look forward to greater interest from affiliated companies as a result of the new regulations regarding financial statements and reporting. In addition, the developments in respect of compliance have a great effect on the management of the investment process.

For more than 20 years ORTEC has supported Pension funds with solid management advice and advanced systems in the field of financial risk management. We have been the leading Asset Liability Management (ALM) provider in The Netherlands for many years. We have also established a considerable international client base. Our expertise is recognised in Belgium, United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Austria, Switzerland, Australia Germany, United States, Korea and Japan.

Pension Risk Management

ORTEC Pension Risk Management is a total concept with which Pension funds can get the maximum return from their limited latitude. It is a complete solution that converts long-term goals into a practical system for managing investments.

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Asset Liability Management

With its Asset Liability Management (ALM) systems and expertise, ORTEC offers support to Pension Funds in establishing an optimal strategic policy in today's dynamic and complex environment.

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Continuity analysis

In the nFTK Dutch pension funds are required to perform a so-called continuity-analysis. Pension Funds are required to perform such an analysis once in three years.

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Investment Consulting- Benchmark Construction

ORTEC's tools and services can help Pension Funds to transform the strategic policy into an investment plan for the medium-term. In this process the focus of the analysis lies on the assets of the Pension Fund.

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Risk Management

ORTEC has developed an ex-ante risk management solution. With this solution pension funds are able to construct risk budgets and to monitor and manage risk.

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Performance Evaluation

Our performance evaluation solution enables pension funds to evaluate the risk/return of each investment decision taken, regardless of the complexity of their investment decision process.

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