IPE's Iceland Coverage
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NewsNordic FSA chiefs urge EU regulators to simplify financial rulebook
Simpler rules should be enforced by ‘risk-based supervision with strong discretionary tools’, Nordic watchdogs tell EIOPA, ESMA, EBA heads
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NewsNetherlands retains top spot in Mercer pension ranking
Top three countries retain places despite slightly lower ranking compared with 2023 figures
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Special ReportIceland: New law opens up rental markets
Reforms will lead to fundamental changes in Icelandic pensions
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NewsIceland pensions lobby calls uncertainty over actuarial opinions ‘intolerable’
At LL’s AGM, pension funds discuss issues facing the sector, including prospect that reform plans will get going this year, after delay
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Country ReportIceland’s Grindavik volcano underlines the unique and crucial role of pension funds
Pension funds step in to provide relief after Grindavík eruption
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NewsIceland’s Almenni sees Q1 global equity returns boosted by krona weakness
Pension fund reports local currency slide almost doubled foreign equity returns, while most domestic stock prices fell in first quarter
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NewsIcelandic pension funds agree mortgage support for Grindavík
LSR, Gildi, Festa among 12 pension funds signing pact on government support for volcano-hit townsfolk struggling with mortgage obligations
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NewsIceland’s Gildi draws ire as pensions lobby works on loan relief for volcano town
Amid direct action from aggrieved Grindavik residents, pensions association explores following example of banking sector’s moratorium on interest and repayments granted to evacuated people
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Country Report
Icelandic pension funds show readiness to face challenges
The proposed liquidation of Iceland’s Housing Finance Fund is the latest of a string of challenges for Icelandic pension funds
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InterviewsIceland’s LV: Coping with disruption
Arne Vagn Olsen, CIO of Lífeyrissjóður verzlunarmanna (LV), Iceland’s Pension Fund of Commerce, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about strategy and the prospects for financial markets
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Special ReportIceland: Government faces pension fund ire over housing bond controversy
Pension funds have welcomed a relaxation in foreign investment rules but would have preferred a more liberal regime
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NewsAlmenni makes 5% nominal H1 return, but inflation means zero real return
Icelandic pension fund says foreign equity prices rose between January and June, while domestic stock prices fell
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NewsIceland’s pension funds fear €1bn losses under housing bond plan
Pension fund group says on firm legal ground, and warns the government of years in court
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NewsIcelandic pension funds decry government reneging on housing bond terms
Pension funds are collectively largest owner of HFF bonds, which Icelandic government plans to terminate
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NewsIcelandic pension fund returns slump real 12% in 2022
Pension fund association says last year marked by higher domestic and international inflation and turbulent world markets
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NewsNordic pension funds tilt equity portfolios to value amid high inflation
Persistent high inflation could cause headaches for some providers, due to inflation-linked benefits - but hopes are high for slower price rises
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in the Nordic Region (December 2022)
Nordic pension funds are getting to grips with biodiversity and natural capital in their investment portfolios, seeking to measure both the impact of companies they invest in and ways they can limit adverse effects on nature. Like other investors globally, many are just at the early stages of thinking about this - how they measure biodiversity, which metrics and approaches are gaining acceptance, and how best to report to stakeholders.
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Country ReportNordic region: Key features of Iceland's pension success story
The country’s high participation rate partly explains why the pension system is highly rated worldwide
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Special ReportIceland: International Monetary Fund warns on system risk
Despite its top-ranking pension system, there has been slow progress on increasing diversification abroad and in infrastructure
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Icelandic pension fund foreign allocations shrink after H1 rout, stronger krona
Pension funds hit by 5.4% investment loss in first half of 2022, with foreign assets alone losing 14%, central bank data show
