IPE's Nordic Region Coverage
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NewsFinnish FSA rapped for overreach in draft pensions reform rules
Pensions lobby group TELA adds plea for disability risk management to be defined in law
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NewsSwedish agency reveals specs for this autumn’s €11bn tech funds procurement
FTN says it will invite tenders for global active technology equity funds in late September, early October at the earliest
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NewsNorway defends legality of SWF’s Palestine-linked investments
UN rapporteur says 6.9% of GFPG invested in firms backing ‘egregious violations of international law’ in occupied Palestine
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NewsArctic SWF unit opens for business in Tromsø
Finance minister says new state fund will foster stronger financial environment in Northern Norway
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NewsNorthvolt fiasco prompts Swedish government review of AP funds’ unlisted methods
Consultancy Arkwright tasked with in-depth analysis of how the buffer funds invest in unlisted assets
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NewsSwedish government to reform basic pension security after failings flagged
Complexity of current system risks leaving people with wrong level of benefit or none at all, says state pension administrator’s director general
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NewsDanish fraud squad drops charges against former Velliv CEO
Case around Steen Michael Erichsen closed, say police, two years after firing following breach of pensions firm’s internal rules
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NewsSweden uses watchdog to squeeze fund fees, citing FTN pensions achievement
Ministry’s example shows procured premium pension funds cost less than a quarter of the same funds outside the platform
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NewsNordic pension funds hold off on dialling down strategic US exposure
Danish pension funds favoured European equities in Q1, central bank data shows
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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 Pensions Agency hires new analysis chief to fill Settergren’s shoes
Appointee Kristian Seth says pension system is ‘crown jewel in the Swedish economy to be protected and nurtured’
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NewsNorway’s SWF warns SBTi against ‘overly complex, unrealistic’ standard
NBIM responds to climate action body’s draft revised net-zero standard, saying that driving widespread, meaningful action matters more than ‘technical perfectionism’
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NewsPFA reverses blacklisting of major aerospace, defence stocks
Danish pensions giant says its ban on makers of nuclear weapon components was keeping Airbus and Boeing out of portfolio
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NewsNordic pension funds vow pressure on Equinor after AGM ‘disappointment’
‘Equinor is clearly moving in the wrong direction,’ says Sampension ESG chief; KLP rejects divestment
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AnalysisIPE Nordic Briefing: Sweden’s buffer funds feel heat over Northvolt investment
Plus: Sweden’s all-party Pensions Group mulls over reforms; Oslo university professor takes chair role at expert council to advise Norway’s SWF
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NewsAP3 hires new staff for listed, unlisted teams ahead of merger
‘Asset management is scalable, but not fully,’ says Swedish buffer fund
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NewsLægernes Pension sticks with banking, while PenSam sells
PenSam cites higher regulatory requirements for banking and ‘modest synergies’ with core pension business as reasons for sale to Arbejdernes Landsbank
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NewsNorway’s SWF rejects ethical council’s advice to ditch €2bn Rio Tinto stake
NBIM blacklists another Israeli company for facilitating the West Bank settlements
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NewsAkademiker rejects FSA criticism for failing to ensure product suitability
Danish watchdog warns pension sector to continuously monitor all products, including old ones not covered by 2018 rules
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NewsAP Funds still on the hook over Northvolt after political grilling
Spokeswoman for AP2 tells IPE the controversial structure used had been specifically allowed for by legislators
