IPE's Sweden Coverage – Page 35
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Swedish regulator softens edges of rules for IORP II provisions
Finansinspektionen invites parties to speak at 14 October deadline meeting
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ESG roundup: KLP toughens oil sands stance, dumping €53m of assets
Plus: Nobel Foundation runs listed equities portfolio through sustainability analysis, NEST produces responsible investment video for members
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Alecta chief queries relevance of EU consumer protection lens to Swedish pensions
Billing argues that high risk-free capital requirements could lead to weak protection
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AP2 puts China asset managers under close human rights scrutiny
Swedish pension fund claims pioneer status with first report on its work on human rights
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How Europe’s pension sectors are preparing for Brexit
IPE asked regulators and industry bodies in EU member states how they have been preparing for the UK’s scheduled departure from the bloc on 31 October
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Swedish investors forge advisory board to foster impact investing
Alecta, the country’s largest pension fund, is among 25 founders of non-profit association The Swedish National Advisory Board for Impact Investing
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Varma ploughs €200m into ESG-themed ETF
Former senior AP2 and AP3 staff to sit on a five-person board to decide on exclusions for the Legal & General fund
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NewsChart of the Week: The best place in the world to retire is...
… Iceland, which narrowly beat Switzerland, according to Natixis Investment Managers’ annual Global Retirement Index
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Swedish pension funds slam draft IORP II solvency rules
Folksam, AMF and Alecta home in on proposals for traditional guaranteed pensions while industry association says ambiguities in the draft must be addressed
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NewsReprieve for Swedish pension firms as government delays reform
The Timetable for establishing a procured marketplace has been pushed back by four months to the start of 2021, giving managers more time to prepare
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NewsSwedish pensions lobby says new IORP II rules too close to Solvency II
The regulator has revised its timetable for the implementation of IORP II, pushing the deadline back to January 2020 – a year after it was supposed to come into force
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AP Funds take active role in bid to tackle money laundering
The Swedish state pension buffer funds’ Council on Ethics gathered major banks and regulators together to discuss recent scandals
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NewsKPA buys €403m Stockholm office as Folksam boosts real estate target
Sweden’s Folksam group has increased its expansion target for its real estate portfolio to €1.9bn, double the level previously announced
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AP1’s sacked CEO invested personally alongside fund’s IPO deal
Swedish buffer fund chief to receive €595,000 in salary over next 18 months
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AP1 board fires CEO Johan Magnusson after trading rules breach
Swedish national pension fund puts chief counsel Teresa Isele in temporary charge of SEK352bn fund
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Folksam boss Henriksson takes Swedbank CEO role
Deputy chief Ylva Wessén will lead the SEK600bn pension and insurance provider for an interim period
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AP3 sets sustainability goals, seeks to double green investments [updated]
Sweden’s third AP fund pledges to halve its carbon footprint by 2025 and invest €2.8bn in green bonds
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Alecta chief urges positive reforms as corporate governance overhaul looms
Magnus Billing hopes the Swedish Corporate Governance Board will take inspiration from the UK’s FRC after it updated its code of practice last year
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Swedish funds name new leaders for property and infrastructure arms
Property company Vasakronan, infrastructure group Polhem and residential real estate manager Rikshem have all made senior management appointments in recent days
