Nordic Region: Shifting borders
Is the Nordic dream of a unified Danish-Swedish pensions market over?
Asset Allocation: Innovation for the future
Nordic institutions maintain an innovative diversification path
Different strokes
We interview seven Nordic funds about their portfolios
Change of focus at Apoteket fund
Gustav Karner cleans out old medicine at the pharmacy pension fund, as attention turns to cost cutting
Swedish Premium Pension: Safe and sound
Reform of the Premium Pension System aims to root out poor management practices and make the system sustainable
Swedish Premium Pension: Lundbergh’s nudge
How to formulate evidence-based pension reform proposals in 10 weeks
Iceland: Preparing for a second wave
The lifting of capital controls will allow Icelandic pension funds to invest more overseas
Finland: Trade fears dominate
The newly consolidated Finnish mutual pension insurance sector sees new problems in the investment conundrum
Finnish Self-Employed: Freelance provision requires reform
Finland has woken up to the difficulties created by the flexible world of employment and the inability of pension regulation to ensure suitable provision for the self-employed
Sweden: AP funds work together
Sweden’s four main buffers funds have increased co-ordination since the failed system change in 2017
KLP: Awash with cash, bereft of options
Kommunale Landespensjonskasse is asset rich with a mandate to invest in more real estate, but where can it find suitable opportunities?
Norway: A trillion dollar issue
Is managing its huge sovereign wealth fund distracting the Norwegian Central Bank from its monetary stability role?
Storebrand, DNB set to re-enter Norway’s €50bn municipal market
Mandatory tendering must be part of the reform when new rules come into force next year, providers say
AP1 chief: Meeting investment return target will get tougher
Investment loss of 0.2% before costs follows weak equity markets in the fourth quarter of 2018
AP4 hails active management boost to 2018 return
CEO Niklas Ekvall says next stage of AP funds’ investment reform is vital
Swedish roundup: €3.3m fine for Avanza Pension
Plus: Mercer enters Swedish asset management market with multi-asset launch
AP3 records positive 2018 return after gains on unlisted assets, FX
Swedish buffer fund posts 0.6% return and adds SEK6.8bn to state pension system
MP Pension sells €11m of holdings linked to warzones
Danish academics’ pension fund divests from three companies and begins engagement with 17 others
Interview: ATP boss on NOW: Pensions sale and future plans
Sale of UK subsidiary comes as Denmark’s biggest pension fund looks set to get even bigger
€17bn pension provider vows to scrutinise firms over tax payments
Denmark’s PenSam has added tax issues to its list of ESG policies
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