All articles by Pirkko Juntunen – Page 4
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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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AnalysisPerspective: Funds embrace diversity
Some US pension funds have been leaders in diversity and inclusion. Are others catching up?
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Special ReportImpact Investing Institute: The way forward
Sarah Gordon, CEO of the Impact Investing Institute, is building awareness of SDG-related opportunities
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Country ReportIceland: A dominant force
Pension funds dominate the Icelandic capital markets gobbling up opportunities
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Country ReportIceland: Brand new opportunities
Icelandic pension funds are being courted as a potential source of funds for infrastructure projects
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Country Report
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
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NewsFinland’s Mandatum Life eyes international growth with acquisition
The Nordic insurance company has bought a 20% stake in Swedish alternatives specialist Crescit Asset Management
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Special ReportAP1 - A circular focus
Swedish buffer fund AP1 highlights resource efficiency as key to a sustainable investment strategy
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FeaturesNordic focus: A northern pensions hub
Innovation showcase: three Danish pension tech case studies
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Brexit: Nordic pension funds reveal their approaches to UK assets
SPK, Veritas and Apteekkien Eläkekassa explain their approaches to political risk in the EU
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Special ReportWhy FRR doesn’t invest in green bonds – for now
While the French pension reserve fund has embraced and integrated the sustainability agenda in its investment strategies and was one of the first to incorporate climate change into its portfolio, it does not invest in green bonds
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Special ReportAlecta: a Swedish investor’s green bond learning curve
Alecta, the largest occupational pension provider in Sweden, with SEK874bn (€85.4bn) in assets, now invests SEK31.4bn in green bonds.
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FeaturesExit Interview: Peter Hansson
Peter Hansson, former CEO of Sparinstitutens Pensionskassa, decided to retire after 25 years with the pension fund for savings institutions in Sweden as new regulatory changes loom
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Special Report
Multi-Asset Strategies: Worrying developments
Late-cycle dynamics, geopolitical tensions, trade wars and uncertainty surrounding Brexit are making investors jittery
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Country Report
Change of focus at Apoteket fund
Gustav Karner cleans out old medicine at the pharmacy pension fund, as attention turns to cost cutting
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Country Report
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
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NewsFinnish study questions benefits of scale for corporate pension funds
Smaller schemes in Nordic country outperform larger peers by 6.7% over 10-year period
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Country Report
Sweden's Pensions Working Group unlikely to reach conclusions any time soon
Pirkko Juntunen asks when the Pensions Working Group will finally come to any conclusions. The answer seems to be ‘nobody knows, but not any time soon’
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Sweden: AP7 triumphs
CIO Richard Gröttheim downplays his fund’s recent stellar performance, explaining that conviction in strategy should always trump short-term gain
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NewsAP2 reports second-highest return since Swedish buffer fund created
Fund now manages 75% of total assets in-house compared with 55% 10 years ago
