IPE's Nordic Region Coverage – Page 102
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Danica poaches AP Pension COO to head up new development unit
Jesper Bjerre returns to Danica to lead digital, robotics, sales development and health solutions division
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Scope of Norway’s SWF oil divestment shrinks still further
Finance ministry gives go-ahead for gradual NOK54bn equities sell-off
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AP2 puts China asset managers under close human rights scrutiny
Swedish pension fund claims pioneer status with first report on its work on human rights
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InterviewsOn the Record: Lower yields
After the ECB’s announcement of more QE, we asked two pension funds how they plan to manage the prospect of lower yields
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Bid quality suffers as Danish pensions competition worsens
Aon Denmark sees entry of traditional labour market pension funds as positive, but not entirely offsetting effect of fewer commercial providers
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How Europe’s pension sectors are preparing for Brexit
IPE asked regulators and industry bodies in EU member states how they have been preparing for the UK’s scheduled departure from the bloc on 31 October
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NewsPKA wins two corporate pension contracts from rival Velliv
The Danish labour-market provider’s push beyond its core area of pension provision for health and social care workers bears fruit
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NewsPKA’s private equity arm opens doors for third-party investment
Newly-named IIP Denmark eyes DKK100bn investment total in two years’ time through opening up to outside investors
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Swedish investors forge advisory board to foster impact investing
Alecta, the country’s largest pension fund, is among 25 founders of non-profit association The Swedish National Advisory Board for Impact Investing
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NewsUN Climate Summit: Danish pensions to lead green transition with €47bn pledge
PensionDenmark, PKA, PFA and PenSam all represented Denmark’s pension industry at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York
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Varma ploughs €200m into ESG-themed ETF
Former senior AP2 and AP3 staff to sit on a five-person board to decide on exclusions for the Legal & General fund
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NewsChart of the Week: The best place in the world to retire is...
… Iceland, which narrowly beat Switzerland, according to Natixis Investment Managers’ annual Global Retirement Index
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NewsSampension wins Danish army pension contract from rival Nordea
New members have increased the Danish pension provider’s public sector quotient and its asset base
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Swedish pension funds slam draft IORP II solvency rules
Folksam, AMF and Alecta home in on proposals for traditional guaranteed pensions while industry association says ambiguities in the draft must be addressed
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Asset management roundup: Aberdeen Standard launches private markets arm
Also: Unigestion targets Nordics expansion with Copenhagen office; Trium Capital buys quant specialist Sabre Fund Management
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PFA sheds Chinese coal stocks in latest climate purge
Danish fund divests seven companies and puts another seven under observation as part of its semi-annual portfolio climate review
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NewsReprieve for Swedish pension firms as government delays reform
The Timetable for establishing a procured marketplace has been pushed back by four months to the start of 2021, giving managers more time to prepare
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NewsSwedish pensions lobby says new IORP II rules too close to Solvency II
The regulator has revised its timetable for the implementation of IORP II, pushing the deadline back to January 2020 – a year after it was supposed to come into force
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NewsClimate change: PKA chief urges business backing for €1.6trn investment push
Also: Companies must improve climate change reporting, says UBS; Candriam seeks to offset carbon emissions from asset management operations
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AP Funds take active role in bid to tackle money laundering
The Swedish state pension buffer funds’ Council on Ethics gathered major banks and regulators together to discuss recent scandals
