AEGON Asset Management's Clark to Become IFP Vice Chairman

LONDON, March 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- AEGON Asset Management 's European head of property investment Phil Clark is set to become the Vice Chairman of the Investment Property Forum in June 2010.

Clark heads up AEGON Asset Management's property investment team. He is also responsible for the fund management of the AEGON Target Healthcare Property Unit trust and has been on the board of the influential property body since 2005.

Clark currently chairs the IPF's Education Strategy Group and the Indirect Property Funds Group. The ESG oversees the IPF's education programme, which aims to ensure the Forum's members have access to a wide variety of formal and informal educational opportunities. As part of these responsibilities Clark played a key role in securing Financial Skills Council recognition for the programme.

The IPFG was established in November 2008 and focuses on unlisted pooled investment funds with the aim of increasing the industry's understanding of these types of vehicles.

Clark will become chairman of the IPF in 2011.

Clark says: 'I am delighted to have the opportunity to become the Vice Chairman of IPF in June and subsequently Chairman in June 2011. I look forward to continuing to work with the committee in further developing the role of and the influence of the Forum in the wider investment market place.'

The IPF has around 1,800 individual members and aims to improve the awareness, understanding and efficiency of property as an investment across the UK. It draws its members from a range of professions including accountancy, banking, fund management and surveying.

About AEGON Asset Management

AEGON Asset Management takes an active approach to managing investments, helping retail and institutional clients to maximize available investment opportunities and realize their financial objectives. As part of AEGON, AEGON Asset Management has businesses in over twenty countries in Europe, the Americas and Asia. AEGON Asset Management manages approximately EUR 200 billion on behalf of individual investors, financial institutions, pension funds and insurance companies around the world. The AEGON Asset Management businesses employ over 1,400 staff worldwide.

AEGON Asset Management includes AEGON Asset Management UK plc (no: 113505) and AEGON Investment Management UK ltd (no: 212159). Both are registered in Scotland and have their registered office at AEGON House, 3 Lochside Avenue, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh EH12 9SA. AEGON Asset Management UK plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority, (FSA reference no: 144267). AEGON Investment Management UK ltd is an appointed representative of Scottish Equitable plc, an AEGON company, whose Registered office is 1 Lochside Crescent, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, EH12 9SE (FSA reference no: 165548).

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