IPE's Nordic Region Coverage – Page 191
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Etera assets increase by €340m in Q3
[16:55 CET 03-11] FINLAND – Etera Mutual Insurance Company has reported a nine-month return of 8.3% and said the market value of its assets has increased to €5.2bn.
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Country ReportDanes fly the green flag
New reporting rules will ensure that Denmark’s pension funds continue to push out the boundaries of social responsiblity in a country that’s already a world leader in green energy development, finds Rachel Fixsen
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Finland:New law to boost retirement saving
Pirkko Juntunen gives a roundup of the Finnish government’s proposals to boost pension saving and expose mutual pension providers to outside competition
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Iceland:One year on
Iceland’s pension funds were subject to emergency currency controls as the country underwent unprecedented turmoil and de facto insolvency. Nina Röhrbein assesses the problems faced by Iceland’s pension funds as the country searches for a route to economic recovery
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Sweden AP funds prepare for future
Sweden is far from resting on its pension reform laurels, the social security minister tells Pirkko Juntunen
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AP1 New strategic focus
Shifting its focus to asset allocation and risk management and realising the importance of finding new and more efficient ways of managing assets was already apparent to Sweden’s AP1, the First National Pension Fund, ahead of what has become the worst financial crises and economic downturn in modern history.
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AP3 Opportunities out of adversity
Despite what most in the financial sector would call a truly annus horibilis, the Third National Pension Fund in Sweden, warns against panicking and staring yourself blind on one bad year, particularly as an investor with a long investment horizon. Instead the management of the fund continues to focus on ...
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AP4 Improvements despite criticism
Public pension funds are scrutinised in general and every decision is under the microscope, perhaps more so than in most areas in Sweden, with its tradition of open and transparent governance.
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AP7 New directive leads to overhaul
It is probably fair to say that most pension fund managers are glad that 2009 is coming to an end and are looking towards 2010 with hope and apprehension rather than excitement. In Sweden there are, however, at least two pension fund professionals who are excited about the future.
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Country ReportA time of radical changes
Jan Willers outlines some of the key findings of the fourth Nordic Investor Survey of Copenhagen-based Kirstein Finans, including muted interest in international diversification due to solvency concerns
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Home advantage
Last year’s equity sell-off interrupted Nordic investors’ progress towards more international exposure, but there are good reasons to like this home bias anyway, writes Martin Steward
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NewsATP rebounds with 6.6% return in nine months
[13:00 CEST 30-10] DENMARK – ATP Group has almost recouped the losses it sustained in 2008 and reported an overall investment return of 6.6%, or DKK22.2bn (€2.98bn), in the first nine months of 2009.
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NewsVeritas CIO claims the 'crisis is over'
[15:00 CEST 29-10] FINLAND - Staffan Sevon, chief investment officer at Veritas Pension Insurance, has declared the recent financial crisis “is over”, after announcing the company’s investments have risen 9.4% so far this year, thanks to strong Finnish equity returns.
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NewsPension Fennia posts 8.1% return
[16:40 CEST 28-10] FINLAND - Eläke Fennia Mutual Pension Insurance Company boosted its coffers in the first nine months of this year thanks to a 8.1% return driven by equity investments.
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Swedish architects' fund returns 7.8%
[16:15 CET 26-10] SWEDEN – AI Pension, the SEK 4.4bn (€432,6bn) fund for architects and engineers, has reported a return of 7.8% in the period between January and September 2009.
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Finland's VER and Keva report positive Q3 returns
[15:30 CEST 23-10] FINLAND - Finnish pension funds are continuing their recovery from the market downturn, with the Local Government Pensions Institution (Keva) and Valtion Eläkerahasto (VER), the State Pension Fund, both announcing double-digit returns for the nine months to September 2009.
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Ilmarinen and Tapiola recoup losses
[16:45 CEST 20-10] FINLAND – Ilmarinen pension insurance company has reported a 13.4% return between January and the end of September, driven primarily by equity returns of 22.9%.
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Varma posts 10.8% return year-to-date
[15:30 CEST 19-10] FINLAND – Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company has posted a 10.8% return for the first nine months of 2009 and its investment portfolio reached €28.3bn by the end of September.
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Tax changes to Icelandic pensions could be 'hazardous'
[17:05 CEST 09-10] ICELAND – Proposals by the opposition political party, the Independence Party, to alter the taxation of pension fund savings has been described as "hazardous" by both the Icelandic Pension Funds Association (IPFA) and the Confederation of Icelandic Employers (SA).
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FSP lifted by high returns in Q3
[17:00 CEST 09-10] DENMARK - Holdings in emerging markets and corporate bonds boosted investment returns for the market-linked pensions of Denmark’s Finanssektorens Pensionskasse (FSP), the fund said, reporting strong third quarter performance figures.
