February 2011

  • Ahold Pension Fund has granted a fiduciary mandate of 2.1 billion euros to Axa Investment Managers. The Pension Fund was assisted by Avida international.

January 2011

  • Marcellino Kropman joins Avida International. Marcellino will help to further develop the fiduciary oversight activities.

October 2010

  • Roelf Pater joins Avida International as a senior consultant.

June 2010

  • Avida International elected to support UWV pension fund (€ 3,5 bn) in implementation of relationship with Allianz GI and transition plan
  • Avida International coordinates selection process of integrated investment manager for Ahold pension Fund (€ 2 bn)
  • Avida International supports Pensioenfonds Openbare Bibliotheken (€ 1 bn) in upgrading its organisation for risk and investment management activities

May 2010

  • Avida International supports Pension Fund Ballast Nedam in electing Blue Sky Group for operational advise and support.

April 2010

  • Pension Fund UWV (€ 3,5 bn) signs letter of intent with Allianz Global investors for integrated risk management services. The Pension Fund was assisted by Avida international.
  • Avida International organises seminar with Nassim Taleb as key note speaker: ”Robustness or Fragility?”
  • Avida International signs up PON Holdings as client to evaluate investment and risk management for its Pension fund.

February 2010

  • Avida international organises educational lunch for labor unions to discuss management of external providesr of risk and investment management services for pension funds

January 2010

  • Sappi Pension Fund selects Robeco as strategic risk advisor and Corestone as multi-manager. The search was conducted by Avida international.

November 2009

  • Avida international conducts its annual market scan amongst providers of integrated risk and investment management activities

April 2009

  • Pension fund for Safety Empoyees (€ 350 mln) signs MOU with PGGM for fiduciary investment services
  • Pension fund for Architects (€ 2,4 bn) signs MOU with PGGM for fiduciary investment services
  • Avida International wins advisory mandate with UWV (€ 3,5 bn) to implement organisational restructuring

February 2009

  • Avida organises brainstrom between top pension funds on crisis

November 2008

  • Avida international conducts its annual market scan amongst providers of integrated risk and investment management activities. Special theme: the allocation of scare ressources in a multi-client environment

Summer 2008

  • Avida international supports Pensioenfonds Metaal en Techniek (€ 35 bn) in evaluating relationship with MN Services

April 2008

  • GITP pension fund elects Robeco as fiduciary manager

March 2008

  • Avida International wins mandate to advice pension funds for Safety Employees (€ 350 mln) and Architects (€ 2,4 bn) for fiduciary outsourcing

January 2008

  • SecValeur partners with Avida International to provide advisory services on operations and custody related issues to clients.
  • Avida International becomes signatory of UN PRI (www.unpri.org)

December 2007

  • Stichting Pensioenfonds Randstad (€ 0,4 bn) signs MoU with Kempen Capital Management for fiduciary management , with the assistance of Avida International.

September 2007

  • Stichting Pensioenfonds TNO (€ 2 bn) announces it has elected BlackRock as fiduciary manager, with the assistance of Avida International.

May 2007

  • Stichting Pensioenfonds Randstad signs up as a client for fiduciary management

February 2007

  • ABN AMRO Asset Management elected Fiduciary Lead Overlay and Risk manager for SBZ
  • Russell Investment Group elected Manager of Managers for SBZ

September 2006

  • Avida gains SP TNO consulting mandate

August 2006

  • Louis Cauffman joins Avida as “eminence grise”

July 2006

  • Avida gains SBZ consulting mandate

June 2006

  • Avida partners with MCube-IT in the U.S.