Nordic region: Pensions and Investment News and Analysis
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Pension Funds in the Nordic Region - Country Report
Nordic Region Report 2024: Denmark’s government urges pension funds to support defence
Danish schemes embrace defence – as long as ESG criteria and international conventions are adhered to
Sweden: What you need to know about the changes to the AP funds
Sweden’s SEK2trn buffer funds system is set for major change as the number of funds shrinks to three
Keva picks deputy CIO Kettunen to replace retiring Huotari in November
The role of CIO is ‘of great societal importance’, says Maaria Kettunen
TV documentary cliffhanger puts NBIM's recruit in the spotlight
Norway’s sovereign fund manager highlights portfolio manager promotion on social media after he was featured in a recent documentary
AP7 focuses on Nordic property and PE buyouts, eyes adding infra
Swedish premium pensions default fund hunts for alternatives expert to lead its growing alternative investment department
Norway, Ireland, Denmark climb in 2025 retirement-security ranking
Smaller countries can more easily reach consensus on key issues affecting pensioners, Natixis observes
TOP NORDIC REGION PENSION FUNDS 2024
Pension fund/entity | Assets (€’000)
Denmark
- PFA Pension | 102,473,792
- Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP) | 95,167,690
- Danica Pension | 70,640,258
Finland
- Keva | 68,500,000
- Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co. | 62,069,000
- lmarinen | 61,144,000
Iceland
- Lífeyrissjóður starfsmanna ríkisins | 9,339,640
- Lífeyrissjóður verslunarmanna | 8,557,521
- Gildi lífeyrissjóður | 6,592,618
Norway
- Norway Government Pension Fund Global | 1,548,996,540
- Kommunal Landspensjonkasse (KLP) | 91,052,710
- Folketrygdfondet | 31,176,585
Sweden
- Alecta Pensionsförsäkring | 111,831,667
- Sjunde AP-fonden (AP7) | 98,770,760
- AMF | 74,485,838
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Denmark’s pension funds offer a template for an innovative defence investments play
The tone of Europe’s political debate on defence expenditure has shifted markedly this year. And as former Netherlands defence minister Kajsa Ollongren, put it in a Chatham House Q&A in early March: “The mindset should be ‘war economy’.”
Big Swedish providers raise pension switch worries
Pension transfers are big business in Sweden, and the market could be described as booming right now.
Keva picks deputy CIO Kettunen to replace retiring Huotari in November
The role of CIO is ‘of great societal importance’, says Maaria Kettunen
TV documentary cliffhanger puts NBIM's recruit in the spotlight
Norway’s sovereign fund manager highlights portfolio manager promotion on social media after he was featured in a recent documentary
AP7 focuses on Nordic property and PE buyouts, eyes adding infra
Swedish premium pensions default fund hunts for alternatives expert to lead its growing alternative investment department
Norway, Ireland, Denmark climb in 2025 retirement-security ranking
Smaller countries can more easily reach consensus on key issues affecting pensioners, Natixis observes
ATP magnifies listed equity gains after dialling down private assets
Danish statutory pension fund posts 6.7% interim return on geared investment portfolio
AP1 boosts currency hedging, reins in US exposure ahead of closure at year-end
Swedish buffer funds post slim gains in first half, with AP4 ahead of peers
Sweden agrees mechanism to share pension system surplus with pensioners
Political decision to distribute more to pensioners is partly about ‘taking responsibility for Sweden’s economy’, says ministry
Sweden’s Fund Selection Agency picks 10 managers for SEK157bn in equity
Multi-year work to repopulate premium pension funds platform has added value outside the system too, says Erik Fransson
PenSam dials up risk in climate equities with new manager appointment
Danish labour market pension plan appoints new manager as part of a switch to a more active approach
Alecta completes post-crisis overhaul, plans to shrink Heimstaden Bostad stake
Swedish pensions giant vows to do whatever the FSA may call for in probes into US bank losses, Heimstaden Bostad
TOP MANAGERS: NORDIC REGION INSTITUTIONAL ASSETS
Company | Assets (€m)
- SEB | 109,623
- BlackRock | 78,898
- DNB Asset Management | 65,089*
- State Street Global Advisors | 41,457
- Nordea Asset Management | 40,819
- Nykredit Asset Management | 29,648
- Storebrand Asset Management | 28,784
- Northern Trust Asset Management | 28,421
- BNP Paribas Asset Management | 21,095
- Jyske Capital, Jyske Bank | 10,093
As at 30.9.3.24, *12.11.24
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IPE BEST PENSION FUND IN THE NORDIC REGION AWARD WINNERS
Nordic Region
- 2023 - The Swedish Fund Selection Agency
Denmark
- 2022 - Industriens Pension
- 2021 - PensionDanmark
- 2020 - PensionDanmark
- 2019 - ATP | PensionDanmark
Norway
- 2022 - KLP
Sweden
- 2022 - Alecta pension insurance, mutual
- 2021 - Fjärde AP-fonden (AP4)
- 2020 - Fjärde AP-fonden (AP4)
- 2019 - Swedish Pensions Agency
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