Rachel Fixsen
Rachel is IPE's Nordic correspondent.
She has long been a freelance writer, and over the years, has written for The Telegraph, The Independent, The Observer, AMWatch and elsewhere.
In 2001, Rachel's personal finance book Kickstart Your Money was published by John Wiley & Sons.
NewsFull dollar hedge, US equities underweight shines ATP’s 2025 return
Danish statutory pension scheme admits being unable to maintain purchasing power of pensions
NewsAkademikerPension uses repo innovation to boost risk, return potential
Danish pension fund CIO says rationale for levering up came down to the characteristics of the scheme members
NewsNorway’s SWF manager sees increased risk of AI correction
GPFG returns 15.1% in 2025, with equities and unlisted renewable energy infrastructure leading gains
NewsIcelandic pension majors eye merger, creating biggest pension fund with €15bn
Pension Fund of Commerce and Birta agree to explore feasibility of merging, increasing operating efficiency
NewsNew Norway SWF council questions tech weightings, sovereign debt criteria
‘Strengthened preparedness’ needed to manage GPFG’s geopolitical risk, advises three-strong permanent panel of experts
NewsAMF splits equities management into domestic, foreign, to boost return chances
Swedish blue-collar pension fund says creating two equities departments will ‘clarify and streamline the work and improve our opportunities to create a competitive return’
InterviewsIceland’s LV pension fund pulls off major strategy overhaul
CIO Arne Vagn Olsen explains to Rachel Fixsen how Iceland’s second-largest pension fund has fundamentally changed how it operates
NewsGreenland’s pension fund to boost home-turf investment
SISA Pension has increased domestic investments over the last few years but cites due diligence as barrier
NewsFinnish member of parliament appointed TELA chief executive officer
Finnish pensions lobby group appoints MP Saara-Sofia Sirén to replace Suvi-Anne Siimes this summer
NewsSweden’s Alecta thanks equities, forex hedging for 9.6% 2025 return
‘High degree’ of currency hedging protected value of pension giant’s foreign assets, says CIO Bernengo
NewsDanish pension funds lose their appetite for US assets
Selling US Treasuries is not a ‘weapon’, says Copenhagen professor, but the bonds are viewed as having become too uncertain
NewsVarma stubs out tobacco blacklist in responsible investment rethink
Finnish pension giant shifts from exclusion to engagement but says tobacco could still be uninvestable
NewsPFA holds off after last year’s US bond exit over Trump
Sampension says poll shows nearly 70% of Danes fear global developments – with Trump in power – will hit their pension savings
NewsSweden’s AP3, AP4 see savings from AP1 axing starting from 2027
Stockholm-based pensions buffer fund duo says reform-mandated transfer of assets from defunct peer complete, bar under 2% private assets to be managed separately for now
AnalysisIPE Nordic Briefing: Greenland’s only pension fund sticks to strategy
Plus: Sweden’s AP1 and AP4 close down as the reform of the country’s five national pension buffer funds takes effect
NewsAkademikerPension blames weak 2025 partly on in-house equities transition
Danish pension funds post returns of up to 14% for last year, with US dollar hedging having been crucial for success, according to consultant
NewsSwedish FTN, Pensions Agency hire MSCI ESG Research, Clarity AI for green analysis
Procurement succeeds after hiccup in earlier process, when nine out of 10 tenders had failed to meet mandatory requirements
NewsGreenland’s only pension fund holds tight to strategy
‘We cannot navigate purely hypothetical scenarios that we have no chance of predicting the probability of,’ says SISA Pension CEO
NewsAkademikerPension scolded by FSA for years of member data access failures
Danish pension fund plays down impact of IT problem on customers
NewsIndustriens stows €300m into Goldman Sachs European direct credit fund
Danish pension fund says commitment is its biggest unlisted credit investment yet, as allocation to the asset class expands
