Pensions in The Nordic Region Report – Page 3
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Country ReportNordic Region: Pension funds look to asset managers for climate action
Asset managers have been criticised for slow actioning of investors’ ESG policies
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in the Nordic Region (June 2022)
We open our June Nordic Region report with a stark question: are asset managers living up to asset-owners expectations on ESG, in particular when it comes to climate change reporting?
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Country ReportIceland leads the world on pensions
Nation’s retirement system rates high in pensions index for adequacy and sustainability, allowing it to pip the Netherlands and Denmark
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Country ReportIceland: Pressure to relax limit on foreign investing
Pension funds look for flexibility to adjust their exposure to global opportunities
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Country ReportInflation: Schemes keep wary eye on inflation
Few players anticipate rampant inflation rises, but pension funds are atuned to the actions of central banks around the world
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Country ReportFunds collaborate on green credit
Swedish funds team up with fund managers by providing seed money for two new sustainable bond products
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Country ReportFinland: Declining birth rate is main worry
The country’s defined benefit pension system is largely healthy, but long-term challenges need to be addressed now
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Country ReportDenmark: Ambitious Denmark leads on green-energy transition
Pension funds play a key role in achieving carbon emissions target set for 2030
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in the Nordic Region (December 2021)
Our report on the Nordic region leads on Denmark’s ambitious plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70%, and with a 2030 deadline. That plan, the most stringent in the region, needs capital. And while there is no shortage of local pension fund investors willing to contribute, they say more detail is needed on the specifics.
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Country ReportNorway: Off to a slow start
There are encouraging signs that Norway’s municipal pensions market is beginning to open up to competition
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Country ReportDenmark: Sustainability products gaining popularity
Pension providers report growing customer take-up of sustainability offerings
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Country ReportSweden: Record returns defy pandemic
AP6 reaps highest-ever results in 2020 through its ‘whole-portfolio’ approach
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Country ReportDenmark cuts maximum basic interest rate
FSA acts to mitigate effects of the low-rate environment
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Country ReportRegional Report – Pensions in Nordics (June 2021)
Two years have passed since AP Pension became the first of Denmark’s main commercial pension providers to launch a pension product labelled as sustainable. Since then, other players have followed suit, launching new ‘sustainable’ pension products in response to demand from customers. In this report, we also look at other developments across the Nordic region, including the strong investment returns of Sweden’s AP6 and how Norway’s municipal pension market is opening up to competition.
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Norway: Tangen’s reshuffle at NBIM
The colourful new CEO of Norway’s sovereign fund is targeting a more diverse and technologically resilient organisation
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Country ReportNorway's individual pensions: Pots follow member
New rules should drive consolidation and inject competition into the supplementary pensions business
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Country ReportIceland: A country unites around sustainable recovery
Iceland’s post-Covid 19 sustainability pledge to boost ESG and active ownership
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Country ReportSweden's AP funds: Alternatives are go
AP funds welcome the removal of the ceiling on their investment in alternatives
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Country ReportDenmark's ATP: Accelerating diversity
ATP has written its own manual to boost diversity among its senior workforce
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Country ReportNordic Region: Pension funds step up to the plate
Nordic pension funds have been quick to offer support to local ecomomies affected by the coronaviris crisis
