IPE's Norway Coverage – Page 11
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Norway’s SWF aims for top climate investor, sets net zero goal
Government warns that inflation risk demands caution on using too much oil money in hungry 2023 budget
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Norway’s SWF bans stocks on environment, cannabis, tobacco grounds
Four cannabis and three tobacco stocks cut from GPFG’s benchmark, and Indian, Korean firms dumped due to risk of environmental damage
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NewsNBIM favours Japan human rights corporate code linking to SASB/ISSB reporting
Norwegian SWF manager also stresses need for companies and government to monitor what happens next
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Special ReportNorway: Steps towards a new pension settlement
Increasing the retirement age will help put Norway’s pension system on a more sustainable footing, but improving benefits will mean extra costs
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AP3 overtakes AP4 to become largest Swedish buffer fund
Other major Nordic pension funds GPFN and KLP reveal first-half losses of 5.4% and 2.1%
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Norway’s SWF finds reasons to cheer despite losing €170bn
CEO Nicolai Tangen applauds NBIM beating benchmark for first time ever in sharply-falling market
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Norway’s SWF joins ESMA in call for pragmatism in EU corporate sustainability rules
NBIM advocates fewer disclosure metrics and more focus on key data likely to be valuable to users
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NewsNBIM wants extras in reporting requirements on transition plans
Norway’s SWF manager lauds transparency around offsets in IFRS climate disclosures draft
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NewsNorway’s SWF manager pushes for companies to set science-based targets
Smith Ihenacho pens response to UK’s blueprint for company transition plans, ‘broadly agreeing’ with principles, key elements
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Norwegian FSA sees positive pensions solvency effect from higher rates
Pension fund solvency ratios rise to 187% in this year’s Q1 from 179% at end 2021
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NewsNorway pension fund lobby criticises official tendering guide
‘Guide can be read as a defence for dominant player KLP,’ Drevsjø says of Pension Office’s 2022 guide for municipalities on tendering pension contracts
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Opinion PiecesNorway needs another pensions overhaul
It’s official – Norway’s state pension system needs another overhaul. The Pension Commission published its hefty report in June arguing for changes to make it socially sustainable – raising age limits, pegging minimum benefits to wage growth and shielding disability pensions from the effects of life expectancy adjustment.
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KLP joins carbon accounting group, saying collaboration is key
Norwegian municipal pensions heavyweight subscribes to Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)
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KLP adds new sustainability roles for more credibility in talks
Norwegian municipal pensions leader hires five in sustainability roles across three divisions
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Norway’s SWF slates Swedish code for letting CEOs sit on boards
Domestic and Nordic part of GPF says executive remuneration proved most contentious issue in this year’s AGM season
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Further pension reform needed in Norway, commission concludes
‘Today’s pension rules are not sustainable,’ says Skogen Lund-led expert panel, but warns reform will come at a financial cost
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AP3 finds Hessius replacement in SPP chief Staffan Hansén
Hansén to take up CEO job at Swedish national pensions buffer fund by 1 December
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NewsNBIM appoints two equities CIOs to replace Petter Johnsen
Sovereign wealth fund manager picks Daniel Balthasar and Pedro Furtado Reis for top equities roles
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in the Nordic Region (June 2022)
We open our June Nordic Region report with a stark question: are asset managers living up to asset-owners expectations on ESG, in particular when it comes to climate change reporting?
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Country ReportNordic Region: KLP fosters healthy start-up culture
The Norwegian pension fund’s accelerator programme teams up with CoFounder to help early-stage businesses with investment, advice and management
