IPE's Nordic Region Coverage – Page 30
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NewsTELA sharply critical of Finnish pensions reform ‘stabiliser’
Finnish government gives stakeholders a year to come up with plan to make occupational pensions sustainable and €1bn a year cheaper
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NewsStorebrand regains Askøy, predicts more municipal pensions tendering into 2024
Norwegian municipality opts to renew contract with ‘challenger in the public pensions market’
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NewsAlecta’s investment scandal claims another scalp as chair Ingrid Bonde quits
Bonde says she decided to resign because of ‘too much focus on me personally’
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NewsPFA’s chief strategist sees market upturn despite mood-driven summer dip
Denmark’s largest commercial pensions firm ‘glass half full’ on late 2023 market outlook, said Choi Danielsen
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NewsKeva wins clearer picture of public-sector disability risk with new model
Finland’s biggest pension fund says early intervention can significantly reduce the risk and cost of worker incapacity
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Special ReportCase study: Varma - A bespoke approach to ETFs
Varma, the €57.4bn Finnish pension insurer, has been at the forefront of sustainable investing for several years and has used exchange-traded funds to get there.
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Special ReportCase study: Ilmarinen - Building a climate-focused future
Finland’s second-biggest pension provider is a keen investor in exchange-traded funds (ETFs), having allocated more than €6bn to a range of equity vehicles in recent years.
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InterviewsTech and pensions are becoming inseparable
Pension funds are busy building state-of-the-art data management systems, which are an essential tool in delivering their objectives
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InterviewsIceland’s LV: Coping with disruption
Arne Vagn Olsen, CIO of Lífeyrissjóður verzlunarmanna (LV), Iceland’s Pension Fund of Commerce, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about strategy and the prospects for financial markets
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Opinion PiecesNBIM’s Shanghai exit: more than ‘operational’ adjustment’
When Norway’s sovereign wealth fund announced in September it was shutting down its only office in China, the move was bound to be seen as symbolic of the deteriorating relationship between China and the US and its allies. It also came at a low-point for investment in China, with foreigners having sold off a record CNY90bn (€11.5bn) of Chinese stocks in August, amid fears over China’s tensions with the West, its property crisis and weak post-COVID economic recovery.
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NewsAkademikerPension sees positive return impact after shedding last oil/gas major
Danish occupational pension fund divests Italy’s Eni, excluding last large upstream oil and gas company in its portfolio
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NewsAP2 helps German think tank develop portfolio tool to assess deforestation risk
In work funded by Californian philanthropists, Swedish national pensions buffer fund says publicly-accessible workflow will be tested on AP2’s listed equities
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NewsHuman rights abuses often dealbreakers for PE managers, AP6 finds
Uptake of the UN’s guiding principles on business and human rights is not widespread in the sector, according to Swedish national pension fund’s deep dive
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NewsVarma poll shows nearly all its managers share its responsibility policy
Finnish pensions insurer finds half of firms it outsources investment to link remuneration to ESG outcomes
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NewsFinland’s Keva to pile on extra €6.4bn of equities, mostly listed
Municipal pensions heavyweight gets started on implementation of board’s plan to boost returns
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NewsKeva to boost equities as board ramps up risk to target higher returns
Finland’s biggest pension fund argues long-term deficit risk is the institution’s key risk
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NewsAlecta should never had made Heimstaden Bostad investment, says CEO
Swedish occupational pension fund in talks with Norwegian billionaire Ivar Tollefsen and Heimstaden to renegotiate terms of investment
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NewsNBIM weighs best use of new TNFD framework in ownership, portfolio work
UK call for government to make TNFD compulsory; UKSIF says ISSB should introduce disclosure standards for biodiversity, drawing on taskforce’s framework
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NewsNorway’s SWF steps up climate demands from companies
NBIM says firms need to move on from disclosures and target-setting to execution phase
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NewsSwedish funds agency hires Ström as first dedicated comms chief
Premium pension funds procurement agency, facing considerable asset manager communications task, recruits former national journalist as to help with “market dialogue”
