All buffer fund articles
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NewsEva Halvarsson to retire as AP2 CEO after 20 years
Swedish buffer fund’s board to begin recruiting a successor after the turn of 2026
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NewsAP6 chief on merger: ‘We are hoping for the best, but we fear the worst’
Swedish national pension funds at loggerheads on whether the transfer should involve staff and strategy, as well as assets
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NewsRow erupts over imminent merger of Sweden’s pension buffer funds
Two Gothenburg-based funds, AP6 and AP2, disagree on how the smaller fund should be integrated into the larger
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NewsAP1 chief lauds team spirit as Swedish parliament seals buffer fund’s fate
Minister says having fewer AP funds will make it easier to follow up and evaluate their operations
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NewsSwedish buffer funds take stock after news two will disappear
AP1, the €41.4bn fund facing liquidation after 25 years, ‘will begin implementing the change’, says CEO Kristin Magnusson Bernard
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NewsSweden slims pensions buffer system to three AP funds from five
Pensions group backs proposal to axe AP1 and merge AP6 into AP2
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NewsSwedish government employers sceptical about benefits of merging AP funds
‘Efficiency improvements are often overestimated,’ says Swedish Agency for Government Employers in buffer funds reform consultation
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Country ReportNetherlands country report 2024: Dutch pension funds distribute buffers
The arguments heat up over what to do with excess funds in Dutch pension schemes
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NewsAP3 favours passing axed buffer fund’s assets to just one fund
Consolidating Stockholm trio is better solution, AP3 says, than increasing mandatory cooperation between the buffer funds
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NewsAP3 takes firms to task over rising work fatalities in Sweden
Watered-down corporate climate plans are worrying the €47bn national pensions buffer fund, says sustainability chief
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Country ReportChanging of the guard at France's buffer fund FRR
Fonds de réserve pour les retraites has had a management and investment refresh
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Special ReportNorway: New buffer fund rules to boost returns
Providers of private guaranteed pension products are now allowed to take more risk in an effort to improve performancean
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Special ReportSweden: Alecta continues to hit the headlines
Swedish policymakers are kept busy as the prospect of a merger of the AP funds is again under the spotlight
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NewsAP3 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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NewsAP1 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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NewsProportion 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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NewsAP2 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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NewsSweden 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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NewsSweden’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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NewsSweden’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%
