Nordic Region
Nordic Region: A lone rider?
01 May 2013
Is the closure of Swedish energy company Vattenfall’s pension foundation a one-off or the shape of things to come? Nina Röhrbein reports
Nordic Region: Under one roof
01 May 2013
By bringing asset management in-house, Skandia aims to bring new products to the market, says Pirkko Juntunen
Nordic Region: Diversification desired
01 May 2013
Nina Röhrbein reviews the recent asset allocation and mandate activity of Nordic pension funds
Nordic Region: Funds go global
01 May 2013
Despite a positive 2012, the country’s pension funds are allocating more investments beyond the troubled borders of the euro-zone as they seek to improve returns, says Reeta Paakkinen
Nordic Region: Corporates flying high
01 May 2013
Corporate pension funds have consistently outperformed others in the pensions industry, and they want more freedom to set contributions, Pasi Strömberg tells Reeta Paakkinen
Nordic Region: What one hand taketh…
01 May 2013
Changes to discount rates will favour Norwegian pension sponsors, writes Rachel Fixsen. Yet the introduction of dynamic mortality tables will require an increase in reserves
Nordic Region: Not too much, not too little
01 Nov 2012
Consensus could wreck the chances of effective reform to Sweden’s buffer funds, writes Pirkko Juntunen
Nordic Region: Good governance is essential
01 Nov 2012
Pirkko Juntunen finds the chairman of the buffer fund inquiry, Mats Langensjö, pragmatic about his committee’s proposals
Nordic Region: Bouncing off the floor
01 Nov 2012
A temporary reprieve from the regulator to deal with ultra low rates has largely been rebuffed by Swedish pension funds, finds Nina Röhrbein
Nordic Region: Continued caution
01 Nov 2012
Henrik Hoffmann-Fischer outlines the key findings of the seventh Nordic Investor Survey on asset allocation as Nordic investors search for yield
Nordic Region: Beyond Finland
01 Nov 2012
Reeta Paakkinen spoke to Finnish pension fund chiefs about their changing asset allocation in the face of low yields and the euro-zone crisis
Nordic Region: Time to talk about pensions
01 Nov 2012
Regulatory changes have put the spotlight on how Danish pension funds are communicating with their members, writes Rachel Fixsen
Nordic Region: Hard to beat
01 May 2012
Hugo Greenhalgh looks at the sucess of AP7’s 2010 decision to overhaul its investment strategy
Nordic Region: Going long
01 May 2012
Sweden, with stable finances and a debt-to-GDP ratio of under 33% is an attractive safe haven for many investors. However, precisely these low debt levels have led to reduced need for longer-dated...
Nordic Region: Funding the baby boomers
01 May 2012
One of the brains behind the Swedish pension reform of the late 1990s, Bo Könberg, then the country’s minister for health and social security, has now come up with a way to handle the increasing...
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