IPE's Nordic Region Coverage – Page 167
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NewsNorwegian oil fund opts for Citi as global custodian
Citi to be sole provider for $850bn fund in largest mandate of its kind
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New mergers reduce number of PKA pension funds to three
Two pairs of Danish pension funds opt to join forces in bid to become stronger entities
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Nordic roundup: PFA Pension, AMF, Danica Pension
PFA Pension attributes strong first-quarter returns to strength of Danish share prices
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NewsReformed AP Fund system could consolidate property holdings
Swedish minister says cross-party group considering changes to buffer fund system could consolidate ‘costly’ unlisted holdings into single vehicle
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NewsFinnish roundup: VER, Varma, Veritas
Finnish state pension fund VER returns 1.5% over first three months of year
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Norwegian oil fund suffers losses on emerging market equities
Government Pension Fund Global boosts Mexican, Brazilian debt at expense of German, Swedish issuances
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Varma invests in Swedish residential real estate, reorganises holdings
Pension insurer restarts international diversification strategy, pools logistics/industrial assets with Sponda
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NewsAP buffer funds' new system must have 'room for manoeuvre'
Reform of buffer fund system, including introduction of benchmark reference portfolio, ‘must ensure funds are not restrained’
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Nordic Region: Sweden: And then there were three
This March, the Swedish government confirmed it would merge some of the AP buffer funds, reducing the total to three from the current five. Jonathan Williams asked State Secretary Erik Thedéen about the closures and the removal of quantitative investment rules
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Nordic Region: Chasing real yields
Jonathan Williams examines how real assets play a role in the portfolios of Nordic investors in the low-yield environment
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Nordic Region: Iceland Deflating the bubble
Iceland’s post-crisis capital controls left pension funds chasing limited domestic assets, writes Jonathan Williams. The hope is that a resurgent economy will allay the risk of a bubble
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Nordic Region: Meet Elo – Finland’s newest fund
Elo’s chief executive officer, Hanna Hiidenpalo, tells Reeta Paakkinen of the challenges facing Finland’s newly merged mutual pension insurance company
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Nordic Region: Finland Eyes to the east
Reeta Paakkinen assesses Finnish pension funds’ concerns about the political situation in Russia after it annexed the Ukrainian province of Crimea
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NewsNordea’s life, pensions business grows 11% in Q1 on unit-link sales
Banking group says capital-light products taking ever-larger share of AUM
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NewsATP return soars in Q1 on back of listed Danish equities
Danish statutory pension fund lauds strategy of setting foreign listed equity exposure according to prices
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Denmark's Sampension makes first direct green energy investment
Project part of pension scheme’s strategy of boosting energy-related infrastructure exposure
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Finnish pension funds raise concerns over Ukraine conflict
Investors concerned about fallout of political standoff between Ukraine and neighbouring Russia
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European pension funds failing to implement true LDI, EDHEC warns
Research ponts to growing divide in LDI adoption between Northern, Southern Europe
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Genesta fund to target non-core Nordic real estate
Nordic investment manager looks to value-added segment
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NewsAP funds accept Scania takeover deal previously rejected by AP4
AP2, AP3 accept SEK200 a share offer by Volkswagen to acquire truck manufacturer Scania
