Pension Fund Strategy – Page 60
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NewsNordea re-enters Danish pensions market with €270m Topdanmark buy
Bank acquires Danish pensions business six years after its previous pensions subsidiary in the country began journey to mutualisation
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NewsVarma draws up roadmap to reduce impact on biodiversity
Finnish occupational pensions heavyweight finds Scope 3 GHG emissions account for 98% of total
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Dutch schemes react to Ukraine war
While a growing list of pension funds have announced their intention to divest from Russia, a large number of funds has kept silent about the conflict
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UK roundup: Church Workers Pension Fund complete buy-in
Plus: National Grid scheme hires BW, Hymans calls on plan sponsors to take control over DB valuations, UK pension fund sells office building
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Italian pension funds invest in central bank in search of stable returns
Pension schemes investing in Italy’s central bank include Fondenergia, FondoPoste, Enpam and Inarcassa
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NewsPensionDanmark adjusting portfolio as risks change
Danish pension fund reports negative returns for first two months of 2022 at between 2.5% and 4.7%
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Bank facility recourse part of revised De La Rue valuation, deficit plan
De La Rue Pension Scheme and sponsor agree to bring forward actuarial valuation
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Pension schemes move to sell Russian assets amid trading obstacles
UK’s USS, NEST and BTPS, in addition to Publica in Switzerland and Bpf Bouw in the Netherlands have all decided to divest from Russian assets
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Latvian pension fund makes first foray into venture capital
‘The system has reached the size where economics justify allocating into these more complex asset classes,’ says CBL
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NewsAP7 re-tenders €66bn of passive global equity mandates
Swedish national pension fund says it intends to procure between two and four mandates
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Denmark’s P+ steps up CO2 engagement with Mærsk, Samsung and others
Danish pension fund places 20 firms on CO2 watchlist, including A.P. Møller-Mærsk and Samsung
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AP4 says equities, real assets drove 19.2% return; aims for more RA
Swedish buffer fund leads peers with SEK528bn assets under management at end 2021
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AP1 chief says mandate ‘encourages us to see past short-term noise’
Smallest of Stockholm AP buffer funds takes first place for returns with 20.8% 2021 gain
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NewsKeva reports 48% return on €11bn private equity portfolio
Finland’s biggest pension fund posts 15.8% return for 2021
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AP7 narrowly beats premium pension private firms with 31.5% return
State-run default provider puts higher return down to younger saver profile, in part, but also private equity, risk premia gains.
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Employers down on UCU proposal for resolving USS dispute
93 of 97 employers did not support the proposal, according to UUK
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Alecta sees current volatility creating good credit opportunities
Swedish pension fund reports 24% return for 2021; thanks rising stock markets, strong property market and own work to find fixed income returns
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NewsFinland roundup: Varma narrows gap with Ilmarinen after 2021 return
Country’s three mutual pension insurers report 2021 results this morning
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NewsFrance’s FRR announces 6.95% return, highlights domestic financing
Result keeps asset shrinkage to €315m
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NewsPFZW gives fossil fuel companies two years to show Paris alignment
The €278bn Dutch pension fund previously said it would stick with fossil fuel companies, with intensified engagement efforts
