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The article looks at the efforts of Roderick Munsters, head of investments at ABP in the Netherlands, to improve the performance and better position the pension fund. He is speaking against potential European Union regulations requiring more stringent solvency ratios that would hurt pension funds by removing the risk from the portfolio and forcing them to invest more in long-dated bonds with only the certainty of lower long-term investment returns.

Focuses on the accomplishments of Kees Storm as chairman of Aegon, an insurance company in the Netherlands. Criticisms against the acquisition of Transamerica Corp. by Storm; What has been the company's selling point with fund managers; Management style of Storm. INSET: Will Aegon's stock ever be that high again?.