The AXA Investment Managers "Regulation and Institutional Investment" Research Chair
EDHEC-Risk Institute has created a research chair in "Regulation and Institutional Investment", in partnership with AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM), which is under the scientific responsibility of Noël Amenc, Director of EDHEC-Risk Institute, and Samuel Sender, Research Associate.
The interaction between regulation and institutional investment management is a key issue for European institutional investors, and the aim of the chair is to carry out a joint operation on a European scale to highlight the challenges for institutional investment management of regulatory developments.
The theme for the first year of this three-year programme will be "The influence of the institutional and regulatory framework on the financial management of pension funds in Europe."
[Consult the press release announcing the launch of the research chair: 21/09/07]
Research output:
- "The Impact of Regulations on the ALM of European Pension Funds"
Noël Amenc, Lionel Martellini, Samuel Sender
January 2009 - "Reactions to an EDHEC Study on the Impact of Regulatory Constraints on the ALM of Pension Funds"
Samuel Sender
October 2009 - "The European Pension Fund Industry Again Beset by Deficits"
Samuel Sender
April 2009 - "EDHEC-Risk Survey of the Asset and Liability Management Practices of European Pension Funds"
Samuel Sender
June 2010
Related research:
- "The Impact of IFRS and Solvency II on Asset-Liability Management and Asset Management of Insurance Companies"
Noël Amenc, Philippe Foulquier, Lionel Martellini, Samuel Sender
November 2006
Research supported by AXA Investment Managers - Solvency II
- "Managing Pension Assets: from Surplus Optimization to Liability Driven Investment"
Lionel Martellini
March 2006




