Nordic Region Investment and Pensions
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Pension Funds in the Nordic Region - Country Report
Nordic Region pension funds report 2025: ATP hits back at critics on risk structure
An academic discussion in a leading business journal has spilled over into a fully fledged debate with the fund’s leadership
Sweden’s FTN rebuts legal challenge over €18bn fund procurement
FTN dismisses all Indecap Fonder’s claims in its application to overturn results of agency’s largest procurement
Denmark’s AkademikerPension divests US company for nuclear weapons links
Pension fund blacklists three Chinese firms and one US firm for links to aiding nuclear weapons outside the EU
Norway’s SWF says UK should be stricter in green reporting proposal
NBIM responds to FCA’s proposed new sustainability disclosure rules for listed companies; calls for timelines for Scope 3 emissions reporting to become mandatory
Icelandic pension fund majors beat the average, as inflation weighs on all
Gildi reports 3.3% real return for 2025, LV produces 3.2%, while smaller Stapi delivers 1.8%
TOP NORDIC REGION PENSION FUNDS 2025
Pension fund/entity | Assets (€’000)
Denmark
- PFA Pension | 110,970,374
- Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP) | 96,249,172
- Danica Pension | 73,685,503
Finland
- Keva | 70,700,000
- Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co. | 65,364,566
- lmarinen | 64,409,516
Iceland
- Lífeyrissjóður starfsmanna ríkisins | 10,844,672
- Lífeyrissjóður verslunarmanna | 10,089,045
- Gildi lífeyrissjóður | 7,798,458
Norway
- Norway Government Pension Fund Global | 1,657,449,581
- Kommunal Landspensjonkasse (KLP) | 101,052,311
- Folketrygdfondet | 32,227,823
Sweden
- Sjunde AP-fonden (AP7) | 125,029,388
- Alecta Pensionsförsäkring | 121,161,572
- AMF | 73,990,350
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AP7 raises bar for gender diverse boards in Japan, India in new voting policy
Swedish pensions giant updates voting policy for 2026 AGMs for its 2,000-company portfolio
Alecta’s future as ITP provider hangs in balance after regulator ruling
‘In worst-case scenario’, Sweden’s largest pension fund could be removed as provider of key occupational pension scheme
Swedish funds agency plans launch of €2.7bn healthcare/biotech tender
FTN says comparative returns data for first tracker procurement shows premium pension reform set to deliver average 0.5% point higher returns
Denmark’s Sampension replaces chief executive officer
CEO Hasse Jørgensen has left the Danish pensions firm with immediate effect, to be replaced by Mads Smith Hansen
Alecta agrees with FSA’s SEK50m fine for Heimstaden Bostad failings
Swedish pensions giant found at fault for pouring SEK50bn into residential investment where agreement was skewed from the start
PKA’s CIO Michael Nellemann Pedersen hands baton to Mads Skanning
Danish pension fund’s investment chief retires after 25 years, having served at the firm overall for 35 years
TOP MANAGERS: NORDIC REGION INSTITUTIONAL ASSETS
Company | Assets (€m)
- SEB | 109,623
- BlackRock | 78,898
- DNB Asset Management | 65,089*
- State Street Global Advisors | 41,457
- Nordea Asset Management | 40,819
- Nykredit Asset Management | 29,648
- Storebrand Asset Management | 28,784
- Northern Trust Asset Management | 28,421
- BNP Paribas Asset Management | 21,095
- Jyske Capital, Jyske Bank | 10,093
As at 30.9.3.24, *12.11.24
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IPE BEST PENSION FUND IN THE NORDIC REGION AWARD WINNERS
Nordic Region
- 2023 - The Swedish Fund Selection Agency
Denmark
- 2022 - Industriens Pension
- 2021 - PensionDanmark
- 2020 - PensionDanmark
- 2019 - ATP | PensionDanmark
Norway
- 2022 - KLP
Sweden
- 2022 - Alecta pension insurance, mutual
- 2021 - Fjärde AP-fonden (AP4)
- 2020 - Fjärde AP-fonden (AP4)
- 2019 - Swedish Pensions Agency
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