All articles by Rachel Fixsen – Page 116
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Country Report
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?
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Country Report
Sweden: AP funds work together
Sweden’s four main buffers funds have increased co-ordination since the failed system change in 2017
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News
Danish government moves to simplify financial regulation
Insurance and pensions trade body praises amendments to ‘extensive and costly’ post-crisis regulations
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Norway’s SWF lost almost €18bn in Q1 – but still beat its benchmark
Strategic 70% equities allocation means fluctuations mainly determined by global stock markets, says CEO
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Varma warns of trade war tensions; Ilmarinen hails merger success
Finland’s top pension insurers both posted losses in Q1 but alternative investments dampened effect of weak equities
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NewsKeva CEO warns against spiralling premature retirement costs
Finland’s biggest pension fund calls 0.4% Q1 investment loss “reasonable”
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NewsATP plots more direct investments as returns stall
Danish pensions giant recorded 1% loss in Q1 after stellar gains in 2017
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NewsFinnish roundup: Veritas merges with Pensions-Alandia
Plus: Artificial intelligence project “can predict who will take ill-health retirement”
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PKA splits alternatives business, opens door to co-investors
Danish pensions firm hires export credit agency CEO Anette Eberhard to lead new private equity unit
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Country ReportUK roundup: Agreement struck on USS valuations; UK approaching peak LDI
Plus: UK approaching ‘peak LDI’; Xafinity Punter Southall calls for legal separation of consultants and fiduciary managers
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NewsESG roundup: Danish pension funds sharpen climate focus
Also: PKA blacklists 35 oil firms; Transition Pathways Initiative partners with PRI
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NewsNorway’s SWF: no to private equity, yes to green infrastructure
Finance ministry warns of reputational risks, high cost and lack of transparency in rejection of private equity allocation
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Danish pension funds eye delisting of telecoms firm TDC
ATP, PFA and PKA take almost 88% of telecoms operator’s shares
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Fund manager rules ‘will hurt margins and boost passives’
Moody’s says new rules are “credit negative” for UK active managers, eroding firms’ profit margins
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NewsIndustriens doubles money on Asian renewables investments
Japan’s post-Fukushima shift to solar power contributed to returns for Danish pension fund
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Varma expands risk-factor strategies in ‘challenging environment’
Finnish pensions giant extends action to dampen equities correlation
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NewsAP7 outshines private pension providers with 2017 return
Swedish Pensions Agency says 2017 was another ‘dramatic’ year for the premium pension system
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Academics’ pension fund to sell DKK1bn of fossil fuel investments
Denmark’s MP Pension excludes 1,000 companies from investment under new strategy
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Nordea puts temporary block on Facebook shares
Managers must steer clear of firm’s shares as personal data scandal emerges
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Alecta, ERAFP among backers of $1.4bn EM green bond fund
IFC and Amundi launch fund to coax developing market companies into green bond issuance
