ATP: Green signals
In its quest for better quant stock selection method, ATP has also reduced its carbon footprint by a quarter
Denmark: Schemes challenge regulator on guarantee
Regulatory developments and the low-interest-rate environment are pushing pension funds to move away from guaranteed schemes
Sweden: Reform focus turns to quality and cost
Phase two of Sweden’s premium pension system reform aims to weed out poor investment pension funds and preserve the best
Per Bolund: Green future for Swedish pensions
Sweden’s financial markets minister tells Pirkko Juntunen that the government is preparing for comprehensive pension reform
Iceland: Full overhaul on the cards
Iceland’s government is preparing for a comprehensive review of pension fund issues
Norway: Paving the way for competition
Municipal reform and proposed new public-sector scheme is creating a fertile environment for competition
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
PKA’s private equity arm opens doors for third-party investment
Newly-named IIP Denmark eyes DKK100bn investment total in two years’ time through opening up to outside investors
Swedish investors forge advisory board to foster impact investing
Alecta, the country’s largest pension fund, is among 25 founders of non-profit association The Swedish National Advisory Board for Impact Investing
Swedish pension funds slam draft IORP II solvency rules
Folksam, AMF and Alecta home in on proposals for traditional guaranteed pensions while industry association says ambiguities in the draft must be addressed
Asset management roundup: Aberdeen Standard launches private markets arm
Also: Unigestion targets Nordics expansion with Copenhagen office; Trium Capital buys quant specialist Sabre Fund Management
AP Funds take active role in bid to tackle money laundering
The Swedish state pension buffer funds’ Council on Ethics gathered major banks and regulators together to discuss recent scandals
PensionDanmark cuts bonds, adds to real assets in face of low yields
Interim report reveals PensionDanmark’s highest ever first-half return, but CEO Torben Möger Pedersen warns of low and negative yields
PFA study predicts 20% gender pension gap will last 50 years
Study into pension savings identifies decisions made at higher education level that affect salaries and pension outcomes
MP Pension blacklists oil companies including Shell, BP and Exxon
The Danish academics’ pension fund has analysed the sector and decided to divest stocks worth €86m – and bonds could follow
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