In Episode #12 of IPE’s Leaders in Investment podcast series, Jaakko Kiander, Chief Executive Officer of Keva, Finland’s largest pension provider, speaks with IPE Editorial Director Liam Kennedy.
Liam Kennedy interviews Jaakko Kiander, the CEO of Keva, Finland’s largest pension, which looks after state and local government pensions there as well as administering the pensions of other public sector organisations. The two discuss the €70 billion fund’s increasing equity allocation, how it integrates ESG principles into investment decisions and how they work with outsourced managers to invest in alternatives as well as emerging market along with the role of pension funds in Europe’s green transition and evolving views on defence investments. Additionally, Kiander talks about the role that AI will play in digitising pension processes and why this is important for increasing efficiency.
‘Until a couple of years ago, it was a rule that we shouldn’t invest in arms… Now, we think it’s socially responsible to invest in the European arms industry.’
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