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AP3, AP4 eye faster investment decisions after joint IT procurement
Swedish buffer fund duo link up to replace current patchwork of systems with SimCorp’s comprehensive Dimension system, citing many advantages
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AP4 chair Britta Burreau dies after short illness
Advocate for equality, diversity and sustainability, former CEO of KPA Pension praised for her ‘vision and drive’
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AP4 wins back almost half last year’s loss by end of June
Swedish buffer fund says strong stock market performance boosted returns in first half of 2023
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AP4 slashes transport holdings after green-shift fundamental analysis
Swedish state pension fund divests airlines, shipping, and traditional lorries while buying into US rail and niche players in truck freight
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AP4: A pension fund investing 40 years into the future
Niklas Ekvall (pictured), CEO of Fjärde AP-fonden (AP4), one of the Swedish buffer funds, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about building a robust and sustainable long-term portfolio
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AP1 widens tracking error to realise long-term potential
AP4 leads Sweden’s big four national pension buffer funds on 2023 returns
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AP4’s 11.9% loss confirms AP3 as largest buffer fund after 2022
Last of the big-four Swedish pensions buffer funds to report 2022 figures says active management worsened result by 3.8 percentage points
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IPE Awards: AP4 wins European Pension Fund of the Year
Timo Löyttyniemi wins Pension Fund Leader award while the Outstanding Industry Contribution award has been given to Dorrit Vanglo
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AP3 overtakes AP4 to become largest Swedish buffer fund
Other major Nordic pension funds GPFN and KLP reveal first-half losses of 5.4% and 2.1%
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AP4 actively seeking companies planning sustainable energy change
Swedish pensions buffer fund explains work with thematic investments focusing on resource-intensive sectors
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AP4, PFZW win plaudits for transparency in international pension fund ranking
Canada’s CPP Investments ranked as most transparent pension fund overall, while PFZW, AP4 assessed as most open pension fund on costs, responsible investment
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AP4 hit by 12.6% investment loss amid unanticipated ‘extreme scenario’
‘The spring of 2022 will have an obvious place in the history books,’ says CEO Ekvall
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People moves: AP4 adviser to join Folksam, Janus Henderson’s new chief
AP4, Janus Henderson, Cambridge Associates, La Française, Smart Pension, Newton, Capita, UKSIF, HSBC AM, Cardano, 17Capital
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AP7 beats private funds in 2023, while AP6 profits in slow market
Two Swedish national pension funds with very different mandates publish 2023 results
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Sweden’s restyled AP Funds’ ethics council completes team
Anna Warberg and Alexander Elving appointed as sustainability specialists to work under director Jenny Gustafsson
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AP2 posts 5.9% annual return after year of changes, cost-cutting
Swedish pensions buffer fund switched strategy for better return ‘using a more dynamic and efficient approach’
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IPE Conference: AP4, AXA IM lament carbon pricing absence
AXA economist regrets US political inability to bring in “bonus/malus system” for power generation firms
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AP4 says equities, real assets drove 19.2% return; aims for more RA
Swedish buffer fund leads peers with SEK528bn assets under management at end 2021
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