All AP2 articles
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Swedish pension majors in talks with ailing battery firm Northvolt
Hopes for ambitious Europe-based green battery company have been tempered by slowing electric vehicle rollouts
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AP3 leads Swedish buffer fund first-half returns, despite Thames Water hit
As Stockholm buffer funds await decision on merger, AP3’s 7.1% January-to-June return beats AP1, AP2 and AP4
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AP1 reports 5% first-half return despite 20% knock to infrastructure
Swedish national pensions buffer fund is first to report 2024 interim results
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AP2 and German think tank launch deforestation due-diligence guide
Swedish pensions buffer fund and Climate & Company say new tool is ready for financial institutions to use
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Stockholm trio merging into two is preferred option of buffer fund review
AP6 to win welcome freedoms, according to proposals in Tord Gransbo’s long-awaited official report
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Proportion of women on company boards starts to fall, AP2 finds
Swedish Corporate Governance Board’s 40% target will not be achieved at current rate of change, warns national pensions buffer fund
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Tension around future of AP buffer funds continues as report postponed
Deadline for Tord Gransbo’s investigation into consolidating the five funds extended by three months until June
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People moves: Managing partner of PKA’s private equity arm to leave role
Plus: AP2 picks corporate governance lead; Fidelity International names president
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AP1 widens tracking error to realise long-term potential
AP4 leads Sweden’s big four national pension buffer funds on 2023 returns
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Swedish pension funds warn companies against digital-only AGMs
Alecta, AMF, AP funds say will vote down proposals to axe obligation to hold physical shareholder meetings
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AP2 posts 5.9% annual return after year of changes, cost-cutting
Swedish pensions buffer fund switched strategy for better return ‘using a more dynamic and efficient approach’
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Sweden’s restyled AP Funds’ ethics council completes team
Anna Warberg and Alexander Elving appointed as sustainability specialists to work under director Jenny Gustafsson
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Sweden broadens buffer fund reform, intends to slash system to three funds
With buffer funds costing up to SEK400m a year, government says, even small saving can free up funds for future pensioners
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Langensjö amazed Swedish buffer fund reform ‘still alive’ after decade dormant
Former AP Funds inquiry chief says government’s new review is a chance to make system more efficient and better governed
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Sweden launches new AP fund review, weighs merging AP6 and AP2
Government queries expense of running so many funds; AP7 included in the review, despite not being a buffer fund
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AP2 helps German think tank develop portfolio tool to assess deforestation risk
In work funded by Californian philanthropists, Swedish national pensions buffer fund says publicly-accessible workflow will be tested on AP2’s listed equities
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190 investors write to companies over management of nature
Launch reflects growing focus on nature in sign of defiance against US clampdown on collaboration
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Sweden’s AP3 generates 5.5% in H1 after holding tight to strategy
Listed equities’ surge almost entirely responsible for buffer fund’s positive return for January to June
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Sweden’s tech-heavy AP7 trumpets 17.7% first half return
Buffer fund AP2 lags peers with 4.8% H1 gain; pensions firm Folksam reports 5.6%
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Swedish boards are more female in 2023, AP2 reports
AP2 said 2023 marked the first time the percentage of women on boards had surpassed 36%