All articles by Rachel Fixsen – Page 16
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Special ReportNorway: New buffer fund rules to boost returns
Providers of private guaranteed pension products are now allowed to take more risk in an effort to improve performancean
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Special ReportDenmark: Pensions finally free from cumbersome banking regulations
Schemes have been liberated from onerous rules that were irrelevant to them
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NewsAP3 leads Swedish buffer fund first-half returns, despite Thames Water hit
As Stockholm buffer funds await decision on merger, AP3’s 7.1% January-to-June return beats AP1, AP2 and AP4
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NewsATP’s first-half return held back by gearing cost, bond yields
Describes return as “expected and generally acceptable in view of market developments”
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NewsSwedish government revamps pensions agency board
Governance line-up overhaul for Pensionsmyndigheten, as focus shifts towards bolstering control function and information sharing
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NewsATP defends risk-parity strategy via analysis of five investment models
Denmark’s huge statutory pension fund says other standard pension strategies may suit other products - but not ATP’s dual-aim guaranteed product
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NewsAlecta continues to improve governance and culture, posts 7.7% H1 return
First half of 2024 ‘has been marked by the events in 2023 that damaged confidence in us’, says Swedish pensions giant
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NewsDenmark’s IPD, Liberals, post wishlists with pension reform back on agenda
Pensions lobby calls for better framework for pension savings, as Liberal Party proposes ‘working life commission’
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NewsSampension bemoans failing engagement with fossil fuel companies
Danish labour-market pension provider excludes eight fossil energy companies
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NewsFinland’s big three pension funds uneasy about outlook, after H1 5% returns
‘The end of the year already looks considerably more restless,’ says Keva CEO Jaakko Kiander
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NewsVelliv weighs in after Danish PM vows to end pension age increases
CEO Kehlet Johansen calls for more flexibility around pension payments, allowing people to return to work after retirement
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NewsSwedish local authority pensions debt to ease next year after spike
With ballooning effect of high inflation on municipalities’ and regions’ pension debt set to shrink, authorities’ associated costs will be lower, says SKR
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AnalysisIPE Nordic Briefing: Swedish FSA on Alecta breaking the rules
Plus: Sweden’s AMF leadership changes; AP7 returns for default premium pension product
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NewsVelliv invests in World Bank’s Amazon Reforestation-Linked Bond
Danish pension fund says principal-protected bond aligns well with its environmental, social priorities
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NewsNorway’s SWF underperforms and sees declining returns in second half
Equities were only asset class to produce positive returns for GPFG between January and June, interim report shows
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NewsSwedish municipal pensions debt surged amid inflation shock
Municipalities and regions in Sweden recorded a SEK42bn rise in their total pension debt last year, according to latest report from pension provider
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NewsNBIM devises corporate disclosure set around online risks for children
Norwegian SWF manager works with UNICEF to highlight companies’ impact on children’s rights through their digital activities
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NewsWiltshire Pension Fund, LGIM anchor $400m emerging markets transition vehicle
The strategy is a debt portfolio focusing on investments in clean infrastructure, clean technology, and decarbonisation, says manager Ninety One
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NewsAlecta broke the rules, says Swedish FSA, as it mulls intervention
Occupational pensions giant says will respond to watchdog’s letter by 6 September
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NewsAMF posts 5.7% return amid slow Swedish economic recovery
Blue-collar pension fund says all asset classes contributed to positive return, with equities gaining 13.6%
