Pensions in The Nordic Region Report – Page 6
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Sweden: AP7 could double after reforms
Sweden’s Premium Pensions Committee wants new pension savers’ contributions to go straight to AP7’s Såfa balanced default option as part of reform proposals, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Country ReportPensions in Nordic Region: Iceland - Opportunities abound
Icelandic funds are looking to step up their foreign exposure now that exchange controls are being lifted. But they are in no rush
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Norway: KLP stays focused after reform
Aage Schaanning, CFO at Kommunal Landspensjonskasse talks to Rachel Fixsen about the challenges it faces in the new commercial and regulatory landscape of Norwegian pension provision
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Country ReportAsset Allocation: Pension funds embrace the real
Jim Robinson reviews the recent mandate activity of large Nordic institutional investors
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Alternative Financing: Making a private judgement call
Can Nordic pension funds use their experience with private equity to build private debt portfolios? Carlo Svaluto Moreolo reports
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Denmark: Crossing the pensions divide
Pension providers are venturing outside their traditional markets, reflecting changing career patterns, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Country ReportGreenland: PFA’s pullout ends local provision
Rachel Fixsen finds Danish-based pension provision is set to increase as PFA Soraarneq exits the island’s pensions marketplace
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Finland: In-house property focus at Etera
Jukka Reijonen, head of real assets at Etera, the Finnish occupational pension insurance company, talks to Reeta Paakkinen about the fund’s investment portfolio
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Finland: The great public-private transfer
As Finland prepares to transfer responsibility for pension liabilities away from the state towards the private sector, Reeta Paakkinen looks at possible outcomes for provision and contributions
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Norway: Accumulation key
Rachel Fixsen discusses the Government Pension Fund Norway with Lars Tronsgaard, deputy chief executive at its asset manager, Folketrygdfondet
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Sweden: Business as usual?
Rachel Fixsen looks at how the Swedish buffer funds have reacted to the flawed and ultimately shelved attempts to reform and consolidate them
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Finland: On cusp of reform
Finland is about to overhaul its pension system including a higher retirement age and the introduction of two new types of pension, writes Reeta Paakkinen
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Denmark: Strength in size
Rachel Fixsen looks at the importance of co-operation and collaboration between Danish pension funds as the price of real estate and infrastructure investments continues to grow
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Finland: Overseas returns
Reeta Paakkinen writes that Finnish pension funds are looking to diversify their real estate portfolios in their quest for worthwhile returns in the current low-interest-rate environment
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Iceland: Slowly but surely
Iceland’s capital controls imposed in the wake of the country’s banking crisis eight years ago are being lifted for pension funds, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Norway: Seeking illiquidity
Åmund Lunde, chief executive of Olso Pensjonsforsikring, tells Rachel Fixsen how the fund has improved returns through an increased allocation to real estate and infrastructure
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Asset Allocation: A hive of activity
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo reviews shifts in asset allocation in the Nordic institutional investment market
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Country ReportAsset Allocation: Revisiting traditional allocations
Casper Hammerich outlines key findings on Nordic asset management trends from Kirstein’s tenth Nordic Investor Survey
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Finland Asset Allocation: The hunt for alternatives
Some pension funds are looking to increase exposure to alternative credit but an ageing population is a concern for the likes of VER, says Reeta Paakkinen
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Finland: Small is beautiful
Finland’s smaller pension funds argue that they can deliver better solvency levels and returns for their member than the larger pension insurance companies, says Pirkko Juntunen
