All Sweden articles
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NewsAP3 links with Kuwait’s Wafra to launch $1bn private equity platform
Swedish national pensions buffer fund says new co-investment collaboration will become ‘agile source of capital’
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NewsNBIM to lead class action for first time, joining AP7 against SVB
AP7 reveals it is also leading class action in US against failed Signature Bank
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NewsAP7’s coal blacklist grows again, while ban on other stocks expires
Swedish pensions default fund describes blacklisting as engagement tool
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NewsSkandia stows $100m in Dutch-backed sustainability blended-finance fund
Swedish pensions firm praises ‘innovative’ structure of SDG Loan Fund for easing flow of institutional money to developing countries
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NewsSudden exit for Alecta’s legal chief as troubled giant gives legal more focus
Swedish pensions firm announces reorganisation aimed at clarifying division of responsibilities
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NewsSwedish agency outlines next €17bn of premium pension tenders
FTN flags first index categories as next two procurements at end 2023 or early 2024
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NewsSweden’s FSA reports individuals to police for corruption in Alecta/Heimstaden case
Alecta says own lawyers’ investigation into circumstances around the making off Heimstaden Bostad investment indicated violations of the law
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InterviewsPension funds ride out the macro uncertainty
European institutions reflect on their priorities for 2024, as the fundamental questions about inflation and the impact of higher interest rates remain unanswered
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Country ReportSweden’s ethics body boosts engagement efforts
After a major review, the AP fund’s Council on Ethics has expanded its team and resources to give it more heft
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Country ReportSwedish Fund Selection Agency ramps up procurement
As the first round of tenders for the country’s new premium pension system comes to a close, agency is preparing for the next ones
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Special ReportAP7 notches up legal success against Kraft Heinz
In May 2023, Sweden’s AP7 fund recorded a significant victory for Swedish and other investors when US food giant Kraft Heinz agreed to settle a class action lawsuit for $450m (€421m).
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NewsLangensjö amazed Swedish buffer fund reform ‘still alive’ after decade dormant
Former AP Funds inquiry chief says government’s new review is a chance to make system more efficient and better governed
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InterviewsPrivate equity managers are keeping pension funds happy – in most cases
The private equity industry faces significant pressures. IPE asked Nordic pension funds about their experience with this growing asset class.
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Opinion PiecesSweden’s Alecta seems immune from criticism but beware the watchdog
Right now, Alecta cuts a strange figure – one of Europe’s biggest pensions institutions wounded after gaping investment losses, and sustaining still worse injuries from the monopolistic hubris it leaves in its wake.
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NewsSweden’s newly-expanded pensions group agrees to pension pauses
Eight-party policy setting panel also agrees to carry out a review with the goal of a more flexible withdrawal of the occupational pension
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NewsSweden launches new AP fund review, weighs merging AP6 and AP2
Government queries expense of running so many funds; AP7 included in the review, despite not being a buffer fund
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NewsSwedes see refund from dropped Russian, East European premium pension funds
Pensions agency announces further SEK247m refund from Barings, East Capital and Nordea funds – deregistered after Ukraine invasion – to first-pillar pension savers
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NewsAlecta’s assets shrink in Q3 amid higher-for-longer rates view
Sweden’s biggest pension fund sees first-half investment gains eroded in latest reporting period
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NewsAP3, 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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NewsSkandia CEO lashes out at Swedish system that allows Alecta’s dominance
Frans Lindelöw says too much pension capital is concentrated in troubled pensions giant, creating ‘a vulnerability and a social risk’
