Personal profile
Career
Roel Mehlkopf is a guest lecturer at Tilburg University in the M.Sc. course Economics and Finance of Pensions. Roel is an assistant professor at TIAS Business School, where he is the academic director of the Netspar Pension Innovation Program.
Roel is also works at Cardano Risk Management as a pension fund advisor.
Roel graduated (cum laude) in financial econometrics in 2006. He obtained a Ph.D in Finance from Tilburg University in 2011 and was a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania.
Research interests
Roel's research is focussed on investment theory, in particular lifecycle investing theory and optimal risk sharing within collective pension schemes.
Current courses
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Career
Dutch Central Bank
Senior Economist, Supervisory Policy, dept. Strategy, 2015 - present
Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
Senior Policy Advisor, Department of Pensions, 2012 - 2015
CPB Netherlands bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
Scientific employee, Macro-economics, 2010 - 2012
Tilburg University and Netspar
Researcher, Economcs departement, 2010 - present
External positions
External member of committee balance sheet and investment management (PME)
1 Jan 2024 → …
Guest lecturer, Erasmus University Rotterdam
1 Jan 2023 → …
Pension fund advisor (Cardano Risk Management b.v.)
1 Oct 2018 → …
Keywords
- Risk Models
- Financial Economics
- Portfolio Theory
- Risk Behaviour And Time Preferences
- Risk Regulation
- Pension Economics
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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Kwantificering van het omslagelement van de solidariteitsreserve in het nieuwe pensioenstelsel
van Bilsen, S., el Ela, S., Mehlkopf, R. & van Stalborch, S., 7 Feb 2025, In: Netspar Industry paper . Netspar Industry Paper 2025-06Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
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Households' heterogeneous welfare effects of using home equity for life cycle consumption
Been, J., van Ewijk, C., Knoef, M., Mehlkopf, R. & Muns, S., Feb 2024, In: Journal of the Economics of Ageing. 27, 15 p., 100499.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Intergenerational transfers in the new Dutch pension contract
van Bilsen, S., Mehlkopf, R. J. & van Stalborch, S., Feb 2022, In: Economist-Netherlands. 170, 1, p. 37-67Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Solidariteitsreserve: Doelen en evenwichtigheid
Mehlkopf, R., van Bilsen, S. & Pelsser, A., Mar 2022, In: Pensioen bestuur en management. p. 43-45Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
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De voordelen van de solidariteitsreserve ontrafeld
Mehlkopf, R., van Bilsen, S. & Pelsser, A., Dec 2021, In: VBA journaal. 148, p. 45-52Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
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Projects
- 1 Finished
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The implications of labor market conditions on life-cycle investments and the design of collective risk-sharing contracts
Mehlkopf, R. (Researcher) & de Jong, F. (Tutor)
1/09/07 → 1/09/11
Project: Research project