All articles by Rachel Fixsen – Page 21
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NewsIlmarinen anchors new Amundi climate-focused Europe ETF with €580m
Finnish pensions major edges closer to having all its passive equities tracking MSCI’s Climate Action indices
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NewsFolksam 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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NewsSwedish 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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NewsNBIM wins bitter employment case, despite judge’s criticism
Former trading analytics chief Elisabeth Bull Daae given fortnight to pay Norwegian SWF’s NOK1.9m (€165,000) costs
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NewsATP slams structure of SFDR as undermining its own aim
“Principal adverse impact indicators” (PAIs) in article 4 of SFDR only require investors to report in the form of total portfolio numbers, says ATP
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NewsAP7 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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NewsAlecta 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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NewsVelliv divests BP, TotalEnergies, Shell in climate strategy rethink
Danish pension provider divests DKK3.4bn of upstream oil and gas stocks and bonds
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NewsIlmarinen steps up ETF collaborations, anchoring €2.75bn of BlackRock launch
Finnish pensions insurer makes latest index investment as it shifts passive equities into climate-focused funds
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NewsAP7 to raise savers’ awareness of psychology behind financial decisions
Swedish premium pension default fund launches podcast series based on behavioural science
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NewsAlecta to diversify equities, cut non-Nordic exposure and add indexing
Swedish pensions heavyweight announces first steps in crisis-driven strategy overhaul
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NewsFinnish pensions centre chief argues for 10-point rise in equity weightings
Paldanius says boosting equities allocations by a tenth could add 0.3 percentage points to Finnish workplace pension fund returns
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NewsNorway’s FSA says pensions capital planning must factor in big downside risk
Sharp fall in commercial property prices will result ‘in substantial losses and a pronounced weakening of Norwegian life insurers’ buffer capital’, says watchdog
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NewsNorway SWF starts psychology research to boost performance capability
NBIM starts research collaboration with Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) to probe importance of psychological safety and resilience in investment
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NewsFinnish pension funds deemed able to weather big illiquids writedowns
Average investment return of 1.6% in Q1 was just below required rate of return, says FIN-FSA
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NewsNordic roundup: AMF invests pre-IPO, AP7’s blacklist, LD Fonde 3.1% return
AP7 adds seven coal stocks to blacklist; LD Fonde says growing market jitters could hit returns
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NewsMandate roundup: Swiss pension fund tenders investment grade mandate
Plus: Swedish Fund Selection Agency hands mandate to Style Analytics
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NewsNorway’s parliament votes for DB buffer capital changes
Legislation on guaranteed pension provisions passes first hurdle in Storting, but buffer fund ceiling likely to be reconsidered in the case of pension funds
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NewsDanish lawmakers draw clear line between pensions, insurance firms and banks
Lobby group IPD greets Insurance Business Act after parliamentary approval: ‘Our companies are not banks.’
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NewsNorway’s SWF seeks role as lead litigator in US class action against SVB
‘Gains from lawsuits definitely outweigh costs,’ says NBIM’s governance chief
