IPE's Sweden Coverage
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AnalysisIPE Nordic Briefing: Norway’s NBIM eyes massive bonds cut
Plus: Pension fund consolidation in Iceland; Sweden’s AP2 beats AP3 and AP4 on half-year returns
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NewsSweden’s AP2 outshines larger peers in H1 as trio navigate buffer fund reform
Alecta’s Heimstaden Bostad holding loses value again; ATP’s bonus potential grows 14.5% despite difficult year for Danish equities
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Special ReportTop 10 European pension funds register AUM growth acceleration
The top 10 pension European pension funds have gained €222bn in assets since last year’s Top 1000 study, representing a 7% increase in AUM, compared with last year’s 6% growth.
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NewsMajor rejig of Swedish premium pension could see up to €10bn passed to AP7
Westberg’s report concludes AP7’s default product meets requirements that should be set for a state payout product, while Swedish Pensions Agency’s traditional insurance doesn’t
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AnalysisIPE Nordic Briefing: Pension funds slam SEC’s proposed rescission of climate disclosure rules
AP7, NBIM and AkademikerPension all submitted letters to US regulator discouraging the Commission from scrapping rules
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AnalysisEuropean pension funds bolster ESG in private markets portfolios
Asset owners across Europe are focusing more on private equity, seeking climate solutions and greater sustainability
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NewsSwedish FTN challenge delays €18bn equities award to global asset managers
FTN says Indecap Fonder’s call for EU ruling may prolong proceedings, as Colombia Threadneedle, Fidelity and JP Morgan AM continue long wait for mandate implementation
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AnalysisAsset owner August insights: collaboration and equity risk
Read what’s topped the agenda of the European pension fund community over the past month, from regulation, private market deals, headline hires and asset allocation.
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InterviewsAlecta’s Pablo Bernengo on restructuring quickly – but with care
It has been a long road back for Sweden’s wounded pension manager Alecta. Pablo Bernengo, its head of asset management and soon-to-be CEO, talks to Caroline Liinanki about intense work and tough times, and the company’s plans for its one remaining headache
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NewsAlecta appoints asset management head as CEO
Pablo Bernengo has been named Alecta’s new CEO, replacing retiring Peder Hasslev
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Opinion PiecesToday’s pension debates have a nineties vibe
Pension policy was a hot political topic in Sweden in the 1990s – a debate that heralded a landmark policy to invest a small portion of workers’ contributions in capital markets. Some 30 years later, the same ideas are capturing the imaginations of European policymakers and think tanks.
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NewsAlecta invests $110m in responsAbility climate fund
Swedish occupational pension fund expands climate finance portfolio with third responsAbility mandate
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NewsSweden approves mechanism to distribute income pension surpluses
The legislation, to enter into force on 1 August 2026, allows excess income pension surpluses to be distributed from 2027
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NewsAP2 warns of stalling progress on gender-balanced boards in Sweden
Buffer fund CEO says growing gender balance on executive boards shows competence exists, but not yet fully reflected in boardrooms
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AnalysisIPE Nordic Briefing: Nordic pension funds on Arctic protection
Nordic pension funds – Danish ones in particular – made their voices heard on Arctic protection following EU Commission’s position on oil and gas
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NewsSweden mulls changing AP funds’ illiquid asset rules after Northvolt lessons
AP4 welcomes review, and says buffer fund is already addressing several of report’s main recommendations
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NewsAP7 excludes 600 companies in response to ‘unpredictable world’
Swedish pension fund said that current geopolitical and economic uncertainty had prompted a rethink of its strategy
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NewsAP2 strengthens human rights, deforestation and climate requirements for external managers
Swedish pension fund’s latest sustainability report reveals efforts across unlisted assets including private equity and real estate
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NewsNational pensions tracking experts see limited scope for integrated European service
Creating a pensions tracking service “not a development that can take place from one day to another”, says Dan Adolphson Björck of Sweden’s minPension
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InterviewsSwedish pension company SEB Gamla Liv rethinks investment strategy
Stockholm-based pension company SEB Gamla Liv is contemplating solutions to maintain its trademark strategy of a large allocation to illiquid assets. CEO Erik Kleväng Callert talks to Caroline Liinanki
