IPE's Sweden Coverage – Page 8
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Ex-Alecta CEO eyes move into sustainable finance
Magnus Billing tells IPE he’s keen to spend his time in green investment, but doesn’t think mainstream capital has all the answers
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Sweden’s AP3 generates 5.5% in H1 after holding tight to strategy
Listed equities’ surge almost entirely responsible for buffer fund’s positive return for January to June
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Asset Class Reports
Rethinking net-zero equities benchmarks
The EU developed rules for climate benchmarks in 2019. After a surge in uptake, investor sentiment is already cooling
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Special Report
Sweden: FTN’s large mandate overshadows Alecta’s position
Government authority sets out first tender in its bid to ensure pension funds access to quality funds to provide safer and higher pensions
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Sweden’s tech-heavy AP7 trumpets 17.7% first half return
Buffer fund AP2 lags peers with 4.8% H1 gain; pensions firm Folksam reports 5.6%
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Alecta poaches 'talented leader' AP3’s CIO Pablo Bernengo
Swedish occupational pensions major finds permanent replacement for Henrik Gade Jepsen at buffer fund
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Swedish roundup: AP7 tender; Folksam, KPA, Skandia and Länsförsäkringar returns
Premium pension default provider seeks internal audit services
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AMF posts 4.4% first-half return and says it can continue to broaden portfolio
Swedish blue-collar pension fund reports gains from listed equities, fixed income and alternatives between January and June
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AP1 nudges equities allocation, duration higher in first half
Swedish national pension fund produces 6.6% January-June investment return despite 7% loss on property holdings
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Alecta delivers stable returns despite rough spring
‘The loss of SEK20bn is an enormous amount and we fully understand that customers and owners have been worried,’ says acting CEO
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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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Swedish funds lobby slams FTN’s first tender as unfair to smaller bidders
Several key views aired in consultation were not acted on, says Fondbolagens förening
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AP7 takes first direct private equity step and plans to pick GPs for long term
Per Olofsson, acting CIO, gives IPE the low-down on the Swedish pension fund’s journey into new asset classes
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Swedish funds agency launches first tender worth SEK11bn
New agency established to procure funds for premium pension platform kicked off long-awaited tenders on Friday night
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Interviews
Sweden's AP3: Adding value through active management
Pablo Bernengo, CIO of Tredje AP-fonden (AP3), talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the fund’s active approach to investment
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Folksam stows SEK1bn into World Bank road-safety bond
Swedish pensions and insurance group is sole investor in developing-world social bond issue prompted by own CEO
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Swedish boards are more female in 2023, AP2 reports
AP2 said 2023 marked the first time the percentage of women on boards had surpassed 36%
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AP7 hires ‘engaging leader’ Lena Fahlén as new CIO
Appointment of Handelsbanken’s head of bond and currency trading will leave AP7 with new CEO/CIO team from this summer
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Alecta kicks off hunt for new CIO, says Gade Jepsen is leaving
Henrik Gade Jepsen now leaving after long-term sickness, troubled Swedish pensions giant announces
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AP7 to raise savers’ awareness of psychology behind financial decisions
Swedish premium pension default fund launches podcast series based on behavioural science