IPE's Nordic Region Coverage – Page 181
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Returns at Finnish pension funds dragged down by struggling equity markets
Keva, VER and Tapiola anticipate another year requiring ‘particular caution’.
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NewsDanish pension fund ATP reports all-time high return of 26% for 2011
Strategy of diversifying risks helps scheme to earn €14bn return despite low interest rates.
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Danish pensions group PKA to 'spread risk' by boosting alternatives
PKA, which manages five pension funds in healthcare sector, returns 9.4% for 2011.
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Profits jump at Nordea's pensions division on improved financial buffers
EUROPE - Profit at Nordea’s life and pensions division jumped in the fourth quarter as improved financial buffers allowed the business to recognise some fees earned earlier in the year as income. Operating profit was €92m in October to December 2011, up from €10m in the third quarter. ...
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Danish roundup: Sampension, PenSam
Sampension achieves record return of 20.3% for 2011 on with-profit pensions.
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Nordic roundup: AP7, Skagen, F&C, SEB, Seligson & Co, Trigon
Average return for funds in Swedish premium pension system comes to -10.7% for 2011.
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NewsDanish roundup: PensionDanmark, AP Pension
Steeply falling bond yields help PensionDanmark return 10% in 2011.
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NewsDanish roundup: PensionDanmark, Danica, FSP, Lærernes
PensionDanmark invests €25m in residential project, aims to step up property investment in 2012.
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NewsDanish pension funds maintain account dividends despite uncertainty
AP Pension, Unipension concede future payments will depend on economic environment.
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NewsNordic roundup: Skandia, Old Mutual, Industriens Pension
Skandia pensions unit changes ownership structure as Old Mutual offloads Nordic business.
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NewsDenmark delays asset management levy, increases taxes on investment returns
Industry association Forsikring og Pension says government using pension money to address deficit.
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NewsDenmark's ATP offloads €2.7bn of equities in risk-cutting move
CIO cites signs of worsening euro crisis, concerns about global growth.
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Nordic roundup: PFA Pension, Skandia
EUROPE - Denmark’s PFA Pension produced an investment return for the first nine months of the year that was barely below last year’s figure, despite troubled financial markets. PFA Pension, a major commercial provider of labour-market pensions, reported a 7.5% investment return for January to September, compared with 8% for ...
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NewsFinnish roundup: VER, Keva, Varma, Tapiola Pension
Returns at Finnish pension schemes fall sharply in nine months to September.
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NewsNordic roundup: Danica Pension, PenSam, Halkin, BRF Kredit Bank
Danica Pension stumbles in third quarter, but contributions increase by 13%.
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Country Report
The Nordic Region: Guarantees Too much of a good thing
Guaranteed pensions products in Denmark and Sweden for a long time looked too good to be true and perhaps they are. At least, they are too expensive for the providers to retain, which has led to various strategies – either closing the products for new investors or persuading people to ...
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The Nordic Region: ‘Luckily, we don’t have Solvency II’
Martin Steward spoke to pension insurer Varma about how it manages its solvency levels and the impact Solvency II-style rules would have
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The Nordic Region: Fees under scrutiny
Rachel Fixsen assesses Danish pension funds’ transparency about costs and fees
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The Nordic Region: Nordic investors take a cautious line
Henrik Hoffmann-Fischer outlines key findings on asset allocation, as well as trends on global versus regional mandates, based on the sixth Nordic Investor Survey
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The Nordic Region: Local safe havens: a catch 22
Nordic pension funds have always displayed a bias towards domestically issued fixed income. In the current economic climate, dominated by historically low bond yields and liability-matching, the illiquidity and short maturities that characterise these markets are causing inefficencies in investment models. Nina RÖhrbein reports on the responses of regional players
