IPE's Nordic Region Coverage – Page 38
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InterviewsPension funds on the record: In-house due diligence of private debt managers pays off
Experienced alternative credit investors find that risk-adjusted returns are better than in the more liquid credit markets
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Opinion PiecesBanking crisis delivers a lesson on equity strategy
We may never know the precise reasons why the in-house equity team of Alecta, the €105bn Swedish pension scheme, chose to invest in excess of €1bn in risky US banks including Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), much of which has now been written off.
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NewsFive more years for Alecta as ITP default, but bank losses prompt warning
“Recent events at the company cannot be ignored,” says Collectum
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NewsDanish pension funds laud EU red-tape cutting and urge EIOPA to follow suit
Crucial that business reporting provides value, says IPD
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NewsSweden must rethink pensions as income-link principle now lost, says agency
Swedish Pensions Agency releases final report in series designed to provoke public debate
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NewsNorway’s SWF top team gender balanced after new promotions
NBIM brings Skaar and Aass into leader group, expanding top panel to 12 from nine
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NewsSweden should probe ditching AP funds’ mandatory forex hedging, says report
McKinsey says legal requirements on currency exposure had major impact on 2022 return
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NewsSwedish funds lobby insists FTN make big changes to tender plan
‘Still a lot of work to be done to adjust these to the new procurement regulations,’ says Fredrik Nordström
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NewsSweden’s AP funds gather pension majors to coax tech giants on human rights
AP Funds’ Council on Ethics convenes institutional investor group including Railpen, APG, PGGM and USS for joint engagement with Alphabet, Meta and others
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NewsDenmark’s PFA doubles volume of shareholder voting in three years
Responsible investment just as much about seeing opportunities as saying no, says Krogh Petersen
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NewsAP Pension divests further €42m fossil stocks including TotalEnergies, Shell
Danish pensions firm blacklists further 73 companies after tightening fossil fuel exclusion criteria
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NewsAlecta’s board orders immediate strategy probe after US bank losses
Swedish occupational pensions giant says its First Republic Bank investment risks being completely lost too
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NewsNBIM promotes Norberg, boosting leader team to 40% female
Fixed income trading chief to co-lead asset strategies with Nygård as department becomes more key
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NewsUS banking crisis costs ABP hundreds of millions
Danish pension funds have limited exposure to SVB, says FSA
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NewsSwedish watchdog grills Alecta, others as US bank losses pile up
NBIM ‘closely monitoring the situation in the market’ after €281m exposure to collapsed banks
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NewsAlecta says it’s solid despite losing €1.3bn on US banks in days
Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank collapses erase 1% of Swedish pensions giant’s portfolio
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NewsDenmark’s P+ returns -12.9%, after higher portfolio risk than most rivals
CEO says -12.9% return must be seen in light of ‘record-high’ 2021 gain
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NewsNBIM urges Indian SEB board to strive for compatibility with ESG reporting standards
SWF manager praises board’s intention to focus on supply chains as well as companies themselves
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NewsAP7 probes own climate lobbying to ‘set good example’
Sweden’s second-biggest pension fund sets itself twin tasks of being more open about climate lobbying, and doing more evaluation
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NewsSweden’s AP funds claim ‘major improvements’ in cocoa farming’s child-labour issue
Buffer funds’ Council on Ethics to extend reactive work to cover more asset classes
