All articles by Rachel Fixsen – Page 174
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Danish roundup: AP Pensions, FSP, Lønmodtagernes Dyrtidsfonds
DENMARK – AP Pensions produces 10.5% return in 2012, sees membership surge by 27%.
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Sweden extends temporary discount rate floor ahead of Solvency II
SWEDEN – Six month extension means country will transition directly to Solvency II discount rate.
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Finnish roundup: Varma, Veritas
FINLAND – All assets produce positive return in 2012 at pension provider Varma.
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NewsAcademics develop new method for forecasting mortality rates
UK – Method able to identify 'idiosyncratic features' of different populations.
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Finland's Etera touts new strategy for strong returns
FINLAND – Finnish scheme returns 9.9% after increasing emerging market bond allocation.
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Nordic roundup: Oslo Pensjonsforsikring, PenSam, Finanstilsynet, Sampension
EUROPE – Pension fund for Norway’s Oslo Council sets aside NOK800m to fund increased longevity.
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NewsIndustriens, PKA join forces on planned offshore wind park
DENMARK – Danish pension funds cite growing importance of infrastructure as asset class.
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Danish roundup: Danica Pension, FunktionærPension
DENMARK – Danica profits surge by more than 200% last year on back of high investment returns.
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Belgian pension funds return more than 12% on average
BELGIUM – BVPI says schemes investing lion’s share of assets in real economy.
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NewsDanish pension fund Sampension shifts real estate team to alternatives
DENMARK – Real estate to account for half of alternatives allocation, scheme says.
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NewsDanish pension funds exploring infrastructure PPPs
DENMARK – PensionDanmark, PFA, ATP, Sampension and PKA set up group to identify investments.
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Nordic roundup: Nordea, AP Pension, FSP
EUROPE – Profits at Nordea pensions business jump 111% in final quarter of last year.
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Special Report
Environmental Risk: The Changing Climate: ‘Control is a key to success’
Rachel Fixsen talks to Tapiola Pension CIO Hanna Hiidenpalo about integrating climate risk management into the insurer’s portfolio
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Special Report
Environmental Risk: The Changing Climate: ‘It’s precisely the “how” that matters’
ERAFP tells Rachel Fixsen how it applies its climate risk criteria across its whole portfolio
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Country Report
Ireland: Reduce, derisk
Pension funds now hold a third of their assets in fixed income, and corporate bonds are set for a boost, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Nordic roundup: Tapiola, Industriens, Danica
GLOBAL – Returns bounce back at Tapiola, but scheme still wary of ‘challenging’ environment.
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Danish roundup: PKA, PenSam, Unipension
DENMARK – Returns at PKA rise to 13.7% in 2012 after equities, bonds produced strong profits.
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Danish roundup: JØP/DIP merger, Industriens Pension
DENMARK – Pension fund for lawyers, economists to merge with scheme for engineers.
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Danish roundup: PFA, Lærernes, Sampension, AP Pension
DENMARK – Corporate bonds help PFA to post highest-ever group investment return.
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Danish roundup: PensionDanmark, AP Pension, LD
DENMARK – PensionDanmark to invest DKK2bn a year in Danish property over next five years.
