IPE's Nordic Region Coverage – Page 189
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Swedish roundup: AP7, Hendelsbank, Nordea, SEB, Swedbank
SWEDEN - AP7 has appointed Normura Asset Management to run an alpha investment strategy focusing on Asia and Japan.
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Equities continue to drive Finnish performance in Q1
FINLAND – Pension insurer Etera and local authority pension fund Keva are the latest Finnish institutions to post first quarter returns of 4% and above.
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Domestic equities drive ATP's 2.9% return
DENMARK – A large allocation to domestic equities helped boost the first quarter results from ATP Group, which reported a 2.9%, return on its investment portfolio.
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Finnish pension insurers reap equity rewards
FINLAND – Finnish pension insurers continue to benefit from increased allocations to equities, particularly domestic stocks, as both Veritas Pension Insurance Company and Tapiola Pension post three-month returns of more than 4%.
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Alecta’s returns 3.4% for Q1 and cuts costs
SWEDEN - Swedish pension provider Alecta returned 3.4% for the first quarter of 2010, marking a significant improvement on its negative performance for the same period last year, but also below its five-year average.
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Finnish equity investment drives Varma Q1 returns
FINLAND – Domestic equity investments boosted Varma's return on listed equities to 9.7%, to feed into a 4.2% overall return in the first quarter of this year.
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NewsNordic equities drive Fennia performance
FINLAND - Finnish pension provider Eläke-Fennia returned 3.6% in the first quarter of this year and its equities holding returned 10.1%, driven by Finnish and other Nordic markets.
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NewsIlmarinen sets a trend for positive returns in Q1
FINLAND – The start of this investment year has continued with the same positive spirit as 2009 for Finnish pension insurer Ilmarinen, as it returned 5% in the first three months of the year.
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NewsIcelandic schemes to learn from financial crisis
ICELAND – Stricter demands on brokers and asset managers and increased involvement in shareholder meetings are among the recommendations for pension funds put forward by an IPFA committee investigating lessons learned from the financial crash.
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Alternatives to play a greater role in AP1 strategy
SWEDEN – Swedish pension buffer AP1 is planning to allocate more of its assets to alternatives as part of its long-term reforms, even though this asset class generated a negative return in 2009.
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Swedish roundup: Kåpan Pensioner, AI Pension, Survey on Swedish pensions interest
SWEDEN – Kapan Pensioner recovered its investments to deliver a double-digit positive return in 2009, having lost over 15% in 2008. Its rival AI Pension followed close behind with an 11% gain. And a Swedish survey has revealed over half of the population care about their pensions.
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Investment returns improve Finnish pension solvency levels
FINLAND - Finnish pension insurance companies improved their solvency levels in 2009 as a result of good investment returns that were boosted by equities.
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NewsTelia Sonera Pension funds return 12.5% in 2009
SWEDEN - Following the general trend in the Nordic region, Telia Sonera’s pension funds retuned 12.5% for 2009 compared to a loss of 8.5% in 2008.
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Industriens Pension active investments return 22.4% in 2009
DENMARK - Industriens Pension, the pension fund for the industrial sector in Denmark, returned 22.4% in 2009, before taxes. The positive return is a result of a large equity and corporate bond allocation.
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PensionDanmark posts record returns for 2009
DENMARK – PensionDanmark’s full-year performance figures for 2009 showed the firm generated record returns of DKK10.5bn – a slight increase on the DKK10.4bn first published in preliminary numbers in February.
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Swedish update: FPK posts 5.2% return for 2009
SWEDEN - Försäkringsbranschens Pensionskassa (FPK) the pension fund for the insurance industry in Sweden, returned 5.2% in 2009 as a result of strong stock market performance.
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Danish pensions received record contributions in 2009
DENMARK - Danes paid a record DKK116bn (€15.58bn) in pension contributions in 2009 despite the financial crises, according to latest numbers from the insurance association, Forsikring & Pension. However, officials warn contributions will fall in 2010.
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Swedish pension system shows deficit despite good AP results
SWEDEN - The Swedish state pension system, including the AP funds, saw record returns for 2009 but despite the positive performance the state system as a whole remains underfunded.
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AP7 sees record returns in 2009
SWEDEN - AP7, the Swedish national buffer fund with a mandate to manage assets within the premium pension system, saw record returns for both of its portfolios in 2009, the last year it operated according to its old model.
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Finnish government funds made best of bonds in 2009
FINLAND – Keva, the Local Government Pensions Institution, and VER, the Finnish State Pension Fund, have both shown bonds played a key role in the returns generated from investments in 2009, yet alternatives delivered a mixed result.
