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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization of 189 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.
Created in 1945, the IMF is governed by and accountable to the 189 countries that make up its near-global membership.
The Public – Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) is a multi-donor technical assistance facility that is financed by 11 multilateral and bilateral donors. Established in 1999 as a joint initiative of the governments of Japan and the United Kingdom, working closely with and housed inside the World Bank Group, PPIAF is a catalyst for increasing private sector participation in emerging markets. Our mission is to help eliminate poverty and increase shared prosperity in developing countries by facilitating private sector involvement in infrastructure.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was founded in 1991 to create a new post-Cold War era in central and eastern Europe, furthering progress towards ‘market-oriented economies and the promotion of private and entrepreneurial initiative’.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (doing business as PwC) is a multinational professional services network headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
The EIB is the European Union's bank. We are the only bank owned by and representing the interests of the European Union Member States. We work closely with other EU institutions to implement EU policy.
The GIGA Institute of African Affairs (IAA) has been researching political and economic developments on the continent since 1963, primarily focusing on the areas south of the Sahara. The thematic core of the institute’s research consists of institutional structures (such as political parties, electoral systems and constitutional courts), conflicts over resources and religious domination, foreign investment and its consequences, and African leading powers. By working with local partners, IAA researchers gain comprehensive knowledge of developments in the region.
For 55 years DEG, a subsidiary of KfW, has been a reliable partner to private-sector companies operating in developing and emerging countries. We provide them with long-term financing and promotional programmes, and advise them as they implement their investments. They can thus develop successfully and sustainably, while generating local added value and creating qualified jobs. As a development finance institution, we deliberately enter difficult markets as well, and promote private sector expansion there.
For almost 100 years ABP has been the pension fund for people working in the government and education sectors. As many as 1 in 6 people in the Netherlands now receives or will receive a pension in the future from ABP. Pension is the income you receive when you stop working, when you become unfit for work or that your surviving dependants receive in the event of your death.
Financial services provider APG Group provides services such as executive consultancy, asset management, pension administration, pension communication and employers services. APG performs these activities on behalf of (pension) funds and employers in the sectors of education, government, construction, cleaning and glass cleaning, housing associations, energy and utility companies, sheltered employment, medical specialists and practices of architects.
We are a pension fund service provider and manage the pensions for different pension funds, the affiliated employers and their employees. On 31 December 2019, we managed pension assets worth EUR 252 billion.
We have set ourselves three important challenges: to devise a new sustainable pension contract, to communicate openly and honestly with our clients’ participants, and to ensure our costs are transparent.
ACTIAM manages assets of over €60 billion, making us one of the ten largest Dutch asset management companies. Our solid strategies and sound performance track record will help you to achieve your goals. We offer sustainable solutions to insurance companies, pension funds, banks and distribution partners, as well as to private investors.
This is achieved through actively and passively managed investment funds, via impact investing and mandates.
On behalf of 197 pension funds, the Federation of the Dutch Pension Funds (Pensioenfederatie) promotes the pension interests of:
About 85% of the total number of Dutch employees is participant of a pension fund which is associated with the Pensioenfederatie. The members of the Federation have around 1320 billion euros of assets under management.