All articles by Rachel Fixsen – Page 147
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FeaturesInterview: The view from Copenhagen
Rachel Fixsen spoke to Carsten Stendevad about his vision for Denmark’s labour market pension fund, ATP, and his first two years as CEO
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Special ReportNorway: Getting to grips with longer life expectancy
Pension providers are adapting to the challenges of people living longer and continuing low interest rates.
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NewsPensionDanmark, PKA partner for DKK520m hospital PPP
Agreement will see construction cost of three-storey building paid off over 20-year period
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Unipension returns down, but stands by investment strategy
Strong solvency allows all three Danish pension funds to stand by strategies
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NewsSwedish church fund amends strategy as returns fall
CEO praises improved financial strength of scheme despite lower returns allowing fund to increase level of risk
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PensionDanmark returns shrink during first half of year after bond losses
Labour-market pension fund’s contributions up 6% on employment growth as investment returns fall year-on-year
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NewsIndustriens beats first half benchmark after reducing equity exposure
Danish labour-market pension fund returns 5.8% in first half of 2015 after 6.6% return in 2014
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Strong domestic equity market helps ATP achieve 12% return
Pensions giant increases provisions for life expectancy by DKK3.7bn as domestic stock market returns 31% in first half
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NewsBond losses drag down returns at domestic Norwegian sovereign fund
Fund manager Folketrygdfondet blames loss on bond yield rise
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Veritas pulls out of China over fears economy unsound
Finnish pension insurer’s half-year returns at 5.8%, boosted by strong equity performance
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NewsFolksam Liv sees business growth slow after 59% surge in premiums
Swedish pension insurer posts 3.7% return over first half of 2015 and sees solvency level increase to 155%
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NewsFinland's Elo lifts investment return to 4.9% in first half
Pensions insurer cuts equity risk as asset class returns 13.4%, up from 5.4% last year
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NewsBankpension criticised by regulator over investment stance, treatment of members
Danish regulator orders pension fund to return some collective fund assets to individuals
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PensionDanmark invests in UK's Angel Trains
Investment in UK train leasing company acts as diversifier for infrastructure portfolio
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Denmark’s PFA stays underweight in EM equities as China risk looms large
Hard landing in Chinese economy is biggest risk for global economy, says chief strategist
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Sampension adds four to alternatives team and boosts allocation
Return for traditional pensions turns negative as hedging result bites at Danish provider
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NewsNorway's oil fund bans Daewoo, Genting Berhad for palm oil activity
Subsidiaries risk severe environmental damage, Council of Ethics advises sovereign fund
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UK Pensions Regulator takes flexible line on covenant monitoring
DB schemes to decide frequency of sponsor check-ups between triennial valuations
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Covenant quality of high-yield bonds dips to weakest level in July
Moody’s reports large proportion of ’covenant lite’ deals among issuers of North American bonds
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NewsIlmarinen boosts investment returns, but loses customers
Finnish pensions insurer examines measures to retain customers as returns double overfirst half of 2014
