Newsmakers
Swedish Pension Fund AP7 Sues Microsoft, Activision Over Takeover Deal
Lawsuit alleges shareholders were hurt because $68.7 billion acquisition process was “done incorrectly.”
Tag: Sweden
Asset Allocation
Sweden’s New Fund Selection Agency Opens for Business
The agency aims to ensure that funds available for pension savers provide high quality at a low cost.
Newsmakers
Swedish Pension Fund AP3 Names Staffan Hansén CEO
Hansén will take over the $49.5 billion fund for retiring CEO Kerstin Hessius by no later than December 1.
The Role of Life Expectancy in Retirement Age Around the World
An increasing number of governments are pegging retirement age to life expectancy, but it comes with consequences.
Newsmakers
Swedish Pension Responds to Accusation of Taking Blacklist Too Far
AP7 was accused of committing a ‘security scandal’ by linking Wärtsilä to nuclear weapons production.
Asset Allocation
Sweden’s AP1 Returns 11% in First Half of 2021
The $50 billion pension fund was aided by a strong Stockholm Stock Exchange.
Risk
Swedish Pension Fund AP2 Returns 10.7% in First Half
Despite strong return, fund fell short of its benchmark by 0.4%.
Risk
AP3 Returns 10.8% in First Half of 2019
Despite strong returns, $38.8 billion fund underperformed benchmark.
Corporate Moves
Sweden’s AP6 Gets a New Managing Director
Katarina Staaf to head the private equity-centric pension fund in September.
Risk
Third Swedish Pension Plan Divests from Nukes and Tobacco Companies
AP2’s decision sees it keeping up with new laws, sister funds AP1 and AP4.
Risk
One Swedish Pension Reserve Did Well in 2018, With a Bittersweet Caveat
Thanks to unlisted assets, AP6 fund beats the market and peers, but not its record from last year.
Another Swedish Pension Shield Had a Not-Great 2018
Two of the nation’s four retirement system reserves experienced lackluster returns last year.
