Latests Nordic Region News
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NewsNetherlands retains top spot in Mercer pension ranking
Top three countries retain places despite slightly lower ranking compared with 2023 figures
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NewsATP chief says Northvolt crisis is ‘wake-up call for Europe’
Pension fund CEO warns that European green transition technology needs public money or China and US will dominate
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NewsSwedish pensions agency at odds with FSA over some Heimstaden Bostad facts
Pensionsmyndigheten says it ‘largely agrees’ with watchdog in its preliminary conclusions in case around agency’s blighted investment in residential property company
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NewsDanish competition watchdog calls for auto-transfer of dormant pensions
Smaller dormant accounts at risk of being entirely lost to administration fees, authority says in new report
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NewsAMF brings forward CEO succession; Flodén takes helm on 4 November
Sidenmark gives way to new CEO two months earlier than planned, as transition process proves “smoother and more efficient” than board expected
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NewsNBIM revokes coal-based blacklistings as firms reduce exposure
Norwegian SWF ends observation status for Australia’s BHP Group and US utility Southern Co and brings five excluded stocks back into investment universe
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NewsNorway bumps up SWF spend once more in 2025 budget
Finance minister says deeper delve into oil fund needed to make good on defence promises, and bolster police and hospitals
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NewsATP hands portfolio companies own CSRD reporting wishlist
Danish pensions giant warns ‘over-reporting’ of new ESG rules could drown out the relevant data for the €92.9bn investor
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NewsDanish pensions lobby warns against plethora of reform ideas
‘Simply not enough money’ in labour-market pensions to finance home buying, further education, family time and several years of pension, says Kent Damsgaard, IPD chief
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NewsAlecta, AMF plough more money into ailing Swedish battery firm Polarium
Swedish pension fund duo participate in Polarium’s SEK500m convertible preference share issue
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NewsDanish think-tank says ATP should put all investment out to tender
Free-market think tank CEPOS says ATP is ‘relic of the past’ and does not suit today’s pension system
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NewsSwedish retail chain taps Nordea to invest new pension foundation
Jula establishes own pension scheme for ITP 1 employees; plans to extend in-house offering for SAF-LO in the future
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NewsAP3 favours passing axed buffer fund’s assets to just one fund
Consolidating Stockholm trio is better solution, AP3 says, than increasing mandatory cooperation between the buffer funds
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NewsSwedish agency extends Swedish equities tender; gives details on global equities
FTN publishes preliminary specifications for actively managed global equity funds, and firms up launch date, specifying month of November.
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NewsAlecta hunts for new deputy CEO to replace ‘stability symbol’ Thorslund
CEO of troubled Swedish pensions heavyweight says Katarina Thorslund, due to retire in March, ‘stood for continuity and stability’
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NewsDanish pension funds tell Climate Week how to solve transition financing woes
IPD says Denmark’s pension firms have ‘helped to crack the code’ for harnessing private finance for large-scale energy transition
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NewsSampension sees 27% rise in contributions after corporate client wins
Danish labour-market pensions firm reports year-on-year doubling of one-off contributions, citing pension transfers from other schemes as a result of business wins as the main factor
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NewsSwedish pensions industry calls for more from 2025 budget
Clear rules of the game are crucial for sustainable investments, says Insurance Sweden
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NewsPensionDanmark invests in quantum computing startup Atom
Labour-market pension fund backs Atom Computing with DKK70m after California-based tech firm pledges to set up European HQ in Denmark
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NewsATP’s Northvolt exposure highlights problem of illiquids in geared portfolio
Copenhagen professor argues the challenge of a single-company illiquid investment becoming too dominant is much larger in highly-leveraged portfolio, like ATP’s
