Pensions in The Nordic Region Report – Page 8
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Nordic Region: Finland Eyes to the east
Reeta Paakkinen assesses Finnish pension funds’ concerns about the political situation in Russia after it annexed the Ukrainian province of Crimea
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Nordic Region: Chasing real yields
Jonathan Williams examines how real assets play a role in the portfolios of Nordic investors in the low-yield environment
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Nordic Region: Iceland Deflating the bubble
Iceland’s post-crisis capital controls left pension funds chasing limited domestic assets, writes Jonathan Williams. The hope is that a resurgent economy will allay the risk of a bubble
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Nordic Region: Unity is strength
Rachel Fixsen charts the ongoing trend towards consolidation in the Danish pension market
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Nordic Region: A thematic search for yield
Casper Hammerich outlines key findings on asset allocation from the eighth Nordic Investor Survey
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Nordic Region: Fine-tuned for yield
Reeta Paakkinen assesses Ilmarinen’s recent changes to its asset allocation
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Nordic Region: High salary, high fees
Well-paid Swedes face high charges if they opt out of the ITP pension system in favour of a private plan, finds Rachel Fixsen
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Nordic Region: The search continues
Reeta Paakkinen finds Finnish pension investors continuing to seek alternatives to traditional equities and fixed income
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Nordic Region: A dwindling band
Finland’s government is looking to improve the regulatory framework for corporate pension funds, according to Reeta Paakkinen
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Nordic Region: Slow progress on AP
Sweden is making slow but steady progress in its overhaul of the AP buffer funds, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Nordic Region: A shift to alternatives
Nina Röhrbein reviews recent Nordic institutional investor mandates
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Nordic Region: Under one roof
By bringing asset management in-house, Skandia aims to bring new products to the market, says Pirkko Juntunen
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Nordic Region: A lone rider?
Is the closure of Swedish energy company Vattenfall’s pension foundation a one-off or the shape of things to come? Nina Röhrbein reports
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Nordic Region: What one hand taketh…
Changes to discount rates will favour Norwegian pension sponsors, writes Rachel Fixsen. Yet the introduction of dynamic mortality tables will require an increase in reserves
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Nordic Region: Funds go global
Despite a positive 2012, the country’s pension funds are allocating more investments beyond the troubled borders of the euro-zone as they seek to improve returns, says Reeta Paakkinen
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Nordic Region: Corporates flying high
Corporate pension funds have consistently outperformed others in the pensions industry, and they want more freedom to set contributions, Pasi Strömberg tells Reeta Paakkinen
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Nordic Region: Diversification desired
Nina Röhrbein reviews the recent asset allocation and mandate activity of Nordic pension funds
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Nordic Region: Not too much, not too little
Consensus could wreck the chances of effective reform to Sweden’s buffer funds, writes Pirkko Juntunen
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Nordic Region: Good governance is essential
Pirkko Juntunen finds the chairman of the buffer fund inquiry, Mats Langensjö, pragmatic about his committee’s proposals
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Nordic Region: Continued caution
Henrik Hoffmann-Fischer outlines the key findings of the seventh Nordic Investor Survey on asset allocation as Nordic investors search for yield
