SimCorp StrategyLab Copenhagen Summit 2011: key investment management industry challenges analysed

Thought leaders representing the investment management industry convened with renowned academics at the SimCorp StrategyLab Copenhagen Summit 2011 to discuss key investment management industry challenges in the post financial crisis environment. Their findings have been published in three thought-provoking white papers.

SimCorp StrategyLab performs thought leadership

SimCorp StrategyLab brought together leading academics and practitioners in a series of thoughtful debates in the form of the SimCorp StrategyLab Copenhagen Summit 2011. The meetings addressed the following three industry sectors, respectively: investment funds; pension and insurance funds; and asset management.

Up for discussion were to identify and analyse 12 key challenges related respectively to risk, cost and growth issues. The main conclusions from the meetings have been collected in three white papers which combine the consensus reached in each of the discussions, as well as on-going research among academics, policymakers and industry associations.

Industry sector groups

Investment funds

Professor Martin M. Gruber, Stern School of Business, NYU (Group Chairman)
Professor Massimo Massa, INSEAD
Merele A. May, Senior VP Investment Operations, American Century Investments
Ulrik Modigh, Head of Asset Management Operations, Nordea Savings & Asset Management
Brian S. Jensen, Head of Business Processes, Nordea Savings & Asset Management
Peter Hertel, Domain Manager - Fund Accounting, SimCorp
Bernard Delbecque, Director of Research and Economics, EFAMA - European Fund and Asset Management Association

Pension funds and insurance funds

Professor Massimo Massa, INSEAD (Group Chairman)
Anthony Neuberger, Professor, Warwick University
Ingo Walter, Professor, Director SimCorp StrategyLab, Stern School of Business, NYU
Marc van den Berg, COO, PGGM
Arne E. Jørgensen, Domain Manager - Accounting, SimCorp Group
Jacob Elsborg, Head of Technology, ATP Investment Area
Dr. Annukka Paloheimo, CEO, Scandinavian Financial Research
Dr. Frank Wellhöfer, COO, MEAG MUNICH ERGO Asset Management GmbH

Asset management

Professor Stephen J. Brown, Stern School of Business, NYU (Group Chairman)
Marno Verbeek, Professor, Rotterdam School of Management
Lester Gray, CEO, Schroders Asia
Lars Eigen Møller, Executive Vice President, Danske Capital
Dr. Ralf Schmücker, Managing Director, SimCorp
Peter Engel, Senior Sales Manager, SimCorp
Dushyant Shahrawat, Senior Research Director, TowerGroup
Dr. Matthäus Den Otter, CEO, Swiss Funds Association SFA
Michael Jarzabek, Generalbevollmächtigter, LBBW Asset Management Investmentgesellschaft GmbH

Thought leadership deliverables
The aim of the SimCorp StrategyLab Copenhagen Summit 2011 is to generate and contribute substantial knowledge about key investment management industry challenges and to announce recommended solutions of value to the industry. Among the deliverables were a number of articles and three whitepapers that were published in September 2011.

Click here to download the white paper on Asset Management.

Click here to download the white paper on Investment Funds.

Click here to download the white paper on Pension and Insurance Funds.


For further information please contact SimCorp StrategyLab - Office Manager,
Mette Trier: mailto:Mette.Trier@simcorp.com

Read more about the different research groups

Investment funds

Pension and insurance funds

Asset management