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AP7 selects managers for SEK230bn in passive equity mandates [updated]

2016-03-15T13:44:00Z

Swedish pension investor hires manager, drops Svenska Handelsbanken

​AP7 finds Gröttheim successor in Swedbank’s Pål Bergström

2022-12-19T16:09:00Z

Swedish national pension fund’s future CEO has both public and private-sector finance experience

Winner of IPE Scholar Award 2004 named

2003-12-17T03:39:00Z

Riitta Hallila, head of sales at Svenska Handelsbanken in Helsinki, has been announced as the IPE Scholar for 2004.

McPhee steps down as chief executive at Sweden's SPP

2015-06-17T13:25:00Z

Chief executive to step down after seven years as head of pension insurer owned by Norway’s Storebrand

Swedish life insurer SPP plans mutual vote

2004-04-27T01:08:00Z

SWEDEN – Swedish life insurer SPP’s policy-holders will vote in the next few months over whether it should demutualise, parent Svenska Handelsbanken said.

Sweden’s SPP gets two board members

2006-06-19T03:34:00Z

SWEDEN - Kerstin Wahlund and Håkan Sandberg have been appointed as new members of the board of SPP Livförsäkring AB, the former mutually owned pension insurance group that’s now part of Svenska Handelsbanken.

Handelsbanken gets pension surplus boost

2003-08-19T03:55:00Z

SWEDEN - Svenska Handelsbanken says its pension surplus is set to boost shareholder equity by around one billion crowns (107.6 million euros).

Former AP3 CIO appointed CEO at Switzerland's Blue Diamond

2013-03-18T15:15:00Z

EUROPE – Erik Valtonen to head privately held investment boutique founded in 2009.

State Street loses as Folksam changes custodian

2004-09-21T05:36:00Z

SWEDEN - State Street, SEB Securities Services and Foreningssparbanken have lost custody mandates with Folksam Insurance.

SPP wins Österåkers pensions admin

2006-08-23T16:01:43Z

SWEDEN – The Swedish municipality Österåkers has hired SPP Liv Pensionstjänst, the administration arm of the Swedish pension insurance group SPP Livförsäkring AB, for the administration of its pension fund.

Stockholm tenders pensions administration

2006-05-18T03:07:00Z

SWEDEN – The city of Stockholm is tendering a roughly SEK30m (€3.2m) four-year occupational pension administration contract.

Getting in the right network

September 2007 (Magazine)

AP2 appoints raft of managers to SEK130bn fund

2001-01-23T02:49:00Z

SWEDEN - The SEK130bn (e14.6bn) Gothenburg based AP fonden 2 has appointed six new asset managers and a global custodian...

Norway’s KLP rejects conversion to public status

2005-04-25T03:16:00Z

NORWAY – Members of the NOK140bn (€17bn) mutually owned Norwegian life insurance and asset management firm KLP has rejected its board’s plan to convert into a public limited company.

AP2 appoints State Street to custody e14bn

September 2002 (Magazine)

AP2 names State Street as its new global custodian

2002-07-01T05:40:00Z

SWEDEN- Sweden’s second national pension fund AP2 has appointed State Street to provide investment services, including global custody and fund accounting, for its $14bn in assets.

European clients for LBSS

July 1997 (Magazine)

Foundations sack Swedish banks

September 2002 (Magazine)

Swedish fund fires Nordea, Handelsbanken and SEB

2002-07-01T04:37:00Z

SWEDEN- The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, one of Sweden’s largest charitable foundations, is sacking the leading Swedish banks that handle the bulk of its E1bn portfolio. It says it intends to replace them with three smaller ‘boutique’ asset managers.

An historic opportunity

January 2012 (Magazine)

Regulatory pressure, changes to the market structure and an ongoing de-leveraging process make the financial sector compelling for bondholders, argue Robert Montague and Satish Pulle