IPE's Nordic Region Coverage
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News
Swedes win extra premium pension returns from agency’s changes
Pensions Agency adds inheritance gains and pension rights more frequently, with earlier ownership of assets leading to increased returns for individuals
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Hedge fund gains help Varma to 10.2% in 2024; Elo, VER return 8.5%, 9.0%
Weak economic situation in Finland reflected in increasing credit losses due to customers, Elo reveals
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Analysis
IPE Nordic Briefing: Sweden’s national pensions buffer funds to be trimmed down
Plus: ATp on guarantee-based business model; Norway’s SWF returns
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Keva, Ilmarinen funding rates boosted by 10.4%, 8.6% returns
Strong solvency and improved efficiency directly seen by clients as lower prices, says Ilmarinen CEO
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Norway’s new Arctic SWF unit hires first three portfolio managers
Ulf Nore, Tonje Roti and Ola Oppegaard appointed to work in Tromsø at Folketrygdfondet’s new asset management union from mid-April
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Finns working longer than targeted as partial pension gains ground
Upward trend in retirement age seen continuing, central pensions body says
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Denmark, Sweden grapple with realities of flexible retirement
Sweden’s AMF reminds policy-setters that blue-collar workers are less able to work as pensioners for health reasons
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Currency hedging dents AP2 return, as new strategy beds in
Swedish buffer fund says internal reorganisation has already improved collaboration between departments
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Norway’s SWF puts Fincantieri under scrutiny over working conditions
NBIM takes Polish energy firm Orlen off observation list after press freedom concerns allayed
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NBIM says ESG backlash less apparent at companies than in investor rhetoric
Norwegian SWF reports on its responsible investment activity in 2024
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ATP’s geared portfolio sheds year’s gains in Q4 after US rates surge
Danish pensions giant defends risk-parity approach, says 2024 will not change that
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AP7 posts 27.3% return after ‘fantastically good year’
Swedish premium pension default fund reports leverage and weaker krona magnified strong stockmarket last year
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Denmark’s LD bumps up risk exposure as holiday fund returns 11%
Pensions manager broadens investment universe with listed alternatives, and adds emerging market government bonds
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Swedish 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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Sweden 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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Interviews
European pension funds on investing in their home market: a delicate balance
Pension funds in Europe have been reducing their allocation to European assets, especially listed ones. While valuations may be attractive, there is little else to convince them to raise their investments in their home market
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News
Tangen now being ‘more bureaucratic’ after texts with Musk make headlines
Disclosure of text chat between NBIM CEO and Tesla chief draws intense media attention in Norway
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FTN expects errors and ambiguities in tender processes to lessen over time
Swedish premium pension procurement agency says goal is to maximise accurately completed tenders, which is best for the industry
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ATP launches own external evaluation process; critic rues narrow scope
Danish statutory pensions giant announces former FSA chief will chair panel of otherwise mostly foreign experts to scrutinise its strategy and approach
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Finnish pensions reform seen widening equity allocations by 10 points
Ilmarinen and Varma say increased volatility is price worth paying for the higher return potential that newly agreed investment reforms allow