IPE's Nordic Region Coverage – Page 118
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NewsAP1 invests $330m in global high yield via Nomura
Swedish national pensions buffer fund awards mandate after 2017 global tender process
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Vikberg to replace Hansson as SPK chief executive
Peter Hansson stepping down after 25 years at the helm of banking sector scheme
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NewsAP7 picks KBI and Impax for SEK3bn green impact mandates
Swedish fund awards active alpha advice contract to MJ Hudson Allenbridge
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PKA makes first onshore wind investment with €350m Swedish project
Danish fund to take 30% stake in consortium with turbine manufacturer Vestas and energy company Vattenfall
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NewsAP1 re-tenders $4bn worth of emerging market equity mandates
Swedish state pension fund to pay special attention to ESG in assessments
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NewsAP7 cuts gearing and adds risk-factor investments
Swedish national pension fund aims aims for 10% risk-factor allocation
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Norges Bank offers paths for SWF to stay invested in oil and gas stocks
Manager of Norway’s giant oil fund also reverses initial proposal to cut alternative energy providers
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NewsAP1 invests $100m in bespoke BlackRock EM impact fund
Swedish pension fund intends to increase initial investment over time
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AP7, Church of England defeated at Rio Tinto shareholder meeting
Shareholders rejected resolution calling for improved governance over company’s membership of lobbying groups
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Country ReportIceland: Preparing for a second wave
The lifting of capital controls will allow Icelandic pension funds to invest more overseas
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Finland: Trade fears dominate
The newly consolidated Finnish mutual pension insurance sector sees new problems in the investment conundrum
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Finnish Self-Employed: Freelance provision requires reform
Finland has woken up to the difficulties created by the flexible world of employment and the inability of pension regulation to ensure suitable provision for the self-employed
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Sweden: AP funds work together
Sweden’s four main buffers funds have increased co-ordination since the failed system change in 2017
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KLP: Awash with cash, bereft of options
Kommunale Landespensjonskasse is asset rich with a mandate to invest in more real estate, but where can it find suitable opportunities?
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Danish government moves to simplify financial regulation
Insurance and pensions trade body praises amendments to ‘extensive and costly’ post-crisis regulations
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Norway’s SWF lost almost €18bn in Q1 – but still beat its benchmark
Strategic 70% equities allocation means fluctuations mainly determined by global stock markets, says CEO
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Varma warns of trade war tensions; Ilmarinen hails merger success
Finland’s top pension insurers both posted losses in Q1 but alternative investments dampened effect of weak equities
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NewsKeva CEO warns against spiralling premature retirement costs
Finland’s biggest pension fund calls 0.4% Q1 investment loss “reasonable”
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NewsATP plots more direct investments as returns stall
Danish pensions giant recorded 1% loss in Q1 after stellar gains in 2017
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NewsFinnish roundup: Veritas merges with Pensions-Alandia
Plus: Artificial intelligence project “can predict who will take ill-health retirement”
