Tag: Sweden
Risk
Another Swedish Pension Fund Makes Huge ESG-Focused Divestment
Selling of nukes, tobacco, coal and oil sands holdings follows new law, plus actions of sister fund.
Risk
Swedish Pension Fund Divesting from Nukes, Oil Sands Companies
ESG-oriented decision motivated by new law.
Newsmakers
Sweden Gives Its Four Buffer Funds More Investing Flexibility
Pension back-up vehicles can now allocate more to illiquid, alternative asset classes.
Market Moves
Sweden’s AP2 Sees a Green Bond Explosion in Public Sector
The country’s state pension buffer says government institutions should swap fossil fuels for alternative energies in the next 10 years.
Risk
Swedish Pension Fund AP2 Returns 2.9% in H1
Total asset value rises to $38.85 billion at the end of June.
Asset Management Culture
Swedish Companies Boost Gender Diversity for Leaders
More than a third of board members and a quarter of executives in large corporations are female.
Swedish Pension Fund AP6 Returns 12.3% in 2017
Annual return nearly doubles earnings from previous year.
Research
Swedish Pension Fund AP4 Returns 9.1%
Fund’s capital rises nearly $3.7 billion to $43.6 billion in 2017.
Research
Sweden’s AP2 Sees 9.1% Gains in 2017
Fund to continue its mission of implementing ESG practices into all investment decisions in 2018.
Sweden to Raise Minimum Pension Age to 64 by 2026
Reforms will make it harder for companies to terminate pension-age employees.
Newsmakers
Swedish Pension Fund Thwarts Zuckerberg
AP7 calls Facebook abandoning C shares plan an ‘important success for minority owners.’
Asset Allocation
Swedish Pension Fund Shuns Firms That Violate Paris Accord
But despite divestment, fund still owns hundreds of millions of dollars in fossil fuel stocks.