IPE's Sweden Coverage – Page 5
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NewsAlecta installs Carina Åkerström as new permanent chair
Swedish occupational pensions heavyweight votes former Handelsbanken CEO in, following failed attempt to bring Lars Rohde in as board chair
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NewsAP1 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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NewsSwedish funds agency flags €2bn Nordic equity tenders as next in line
Existing category to be split into two – mid-large-cap and small-cap – for the reformed premium pension platform
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NewsSwedish pension funds warn companies against digital-only AGMs
Alecta, AMF, AP funds say will vote down proposals to axe obligation to hold physical shareholder meetings
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NewsSwedish funds agency expects to launch €4.8bn index tenders
Preparation for premium pension system procurements for global and European index funds now in final stages, says agency
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NewsAP2 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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NewsAMF posts 7.8% full-year return despite turbulent market conditions
The solvency ratio slipped to 220% in 2023 from 228% in 2022
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NewsSwedish FSA broadens inquiry into Heimstaden Bostad investments
Folksam, KPA Pension and Pensionsmyndigheten are now under investigation for their investments in the residential property developer
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NewsAlecta turns back on Lars Rohde; picks Carina Åkerström as chair instead
Swedish pensions giant criticises former Danish central bank governor’s lack of disclosure after wooing him as ‘high-calibre’
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AnalysisThematic investing set to morph into impact investing
In the second article on a new survey, Vincent Mortier, Monica Defend and Amin Rajan argue that greater granularity in ESG investing is set to boost impact investing
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NewsSweden’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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NewsSwedish funds agency loses two of its seven board members
Hans Lindblad and Åsa Edman quit less than halfway through their three-year terms
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NewsAlecta picks ‘high-calibre’ Lars Rohde as new chair to restore trust
Former Danish central bank and ATP chief says main task will be to contribute to Swedish pension giant’s recovery
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NewsDanish pension funds supply €300m mezzanine in €4bn H2 Green Steel fundraising
PKA, Pensam, Lærernes, Akademiker contibute to construction of world’s first large-scale green steel plant via co-owned AIP Management
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NewsSweden’s Folksam, KPA invest €35m in Skåne green bond
Most of investment taken up by municipal pension fund subsidiary KPA, which lauds hospital financing
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NewsSweden’s FTN picks Inalytics as one of its equity selection tools
Premium pension platform agency manager has appointed the UK behavioural analysis provider to supply decision analytics
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NewsNordic pension funds split over owning Saudi Aramco
AP7 said it is in dialogue with KLP about exclusion of the world’s biggest oil company
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NewsSweden broadens buffer fund reform, intends to slash system to three funds
With buffer funds costing up to SEK400m a year, government says, even small saving can free up funds for future pensioners
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NewsInsurance Sweden says SFDR should be simpler, not used as product label
Design of regulation makes it hard to convey information to the customer, lobby group says
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AnalysisHigh stakes as pension funds take on Tesla
A group of Nordic pension funds is tentatively standing up to Elon Musk’s electric car giant, in reaction to a labour dispute at Tesla in Sweden. The strike at the end of October by 130 Tesla workers affiliated with IF Metall led to a wave of sympathy strikes which spread to Norway, Denmark and Finland.
