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Anders Schelde is CFO at AkademikerPension. | Foto: Pr/mp Pension

AkademikerPension invests in French climate fund

The Danish pension fund is investing a three-digit million-kroner sum in the early phase of climate projects. 
  • PFA met with criticism for increasing investment in oil company
  • Headwinds in 2022 behind AkademikerPension's multimillion-euro deficit

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At least 40,000 years old paintings that depict animals discovered in caves on the island of Sulawesi are rewriting the history of art. | Foto: Handout/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

Oil fund puts Indonesian company on observation list, fearing damage to cultural heritage

Richard House, head of emerging market debt at Allianz Global Investors, thinks that we will see the same level of return in emerging markets’ sovereign debt as typically seen in equities. | Foto: Magnus Eidem

Allianz pursues using ESG to find excess return in emerging market debt

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Foto: Ilmatar Energy

CIP makes first investment in Nordic onshore wind farms

Shell will commence its annual general meeting today, Tuesday. | Foto: May James/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

PFA met with criticism for increasing investment in oil company

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Maunu Lehtimäki, CEO of Evli Plc. | Foto: PR Evli.

Defense investments are hardly a black and white issue, says Evli CEO

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  • Carine Smith Ihenacho, head of corporate governance at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM). | Foto: Nbim

    Oil fund to file shareholder proposals on ESG

    Filing a shareholder motion is particularly suited to companies in the US, partly because US companies lag behind their European counterparts in ESG matters, says NBIM’s head of corporate governance.

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  • Flemming Højbo writes analyses for AMWatch about the Nordic asset and wealth management sector. Højbo was head of communications in the asset management industry for 15 years, and before that, he worked for 25 years as financial and business reporter and editor. | Foto: Jan Bjarke Mindegaard

    Analysis: Does AGM activism pay off?

    Shareholder activism is a tool that comes in handy for investors at the Annual General Meetings. It creates attention and publicity. But does it create results? Flemming Højbo analyzes the AGM trend.

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  • ESG analyst Amir Hassan of LD Fonde believes that an active ownership policy makes it possible to influence companies. | Foto: Ld Fonde/pr

    Danish pension fund increases voting at international AGMs

    LD Fonde is taking a more active ownership role by voting at an increasing number of AGMs outside Denmark, the pension fund reports.

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  • The CEO of AP7, Richard Gröttheim, believes that the fund should help high-emitting companies in their green transition. | Foto: Ap7 / Pr

    AP7 to increase climate focus on high-emitting companies

    The Swedish default pension fund has published its new Climate Action Plan 2023 which stipulates a stronger focus on influencing companies with a high carbon footprint.

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  • Rasmus Cederholm is chief investment officer at AP Pension. | Foto: Pr

    AP Pension invests in solar farm project through direct loan financing

    The Danish pension fund engages in direct lending to green projects for the very first time. The money is set for photovoltaics - commonly known as solar panels - in Portugal. 

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  • AP7 will vote against board members and financial statements if companies are too slow on the green transition. | Foto: Ap7/pr

    AP7 toughens voting on companies with high emissions and low climate progress

    Major Swedish pension fund has “strengthened” its expectations of companies that lag behind their peers on climate change – and will vote accordingly at AGMs. 

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  • ExxonMobil is no longer placed on Danish pension fund Industriens Pension's restricted list. | Foto: Lucas Jackson/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

    Industriens Pension strikes oil company from exclusion list despite climate plan disapproval

    Exxon features on the restricted lists of a long line of pension funds, but Industriens Pension has opted to remove the oil major from theirs. 

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  • Bjarne Graven Larsen, founder and CEO at Qblue Balanced. | Foto: Pr / Qblue Balanced

    Graven Larsen’s Qblue funds keep their AAA ratings despite massive MSCI downgrades

    Only 0.2% of all funds now have an ESG AAA rating from MSCI compared to previously 19.9%.

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  • According to WWF (World Wide Fund For Nature) the black Rhino is one of the ten most endangered species in the world. | Foto: Matthias Toedt/AP/Ritzau Scanpix

    Storebrand excludes company accused of threatening wildlife

    For the first time, Norway’s Storebrand Asset Management has excluded a company based on its impact on endangered animals. 

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  • Swedish defence manufacturer Saab is one of the companies that fund manager Swedbank Robur has invested in. | Foto: Saab / Pr

    Sweden's leading asset managers have different approaches to defense investments

    In the new geopolitical landscape, one of Sweden’s major asset managers has felt compelled to take a closer look at its investment policies on military equipment. 

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  • Foto: Frankhoemann/AP/Ritzau Scanpix

    ESG debt investors face confusion over trigger event for payment

    Investors in a controversial corner of the ESG debt market are facing a new layer of uncertainty thanks to a gray area of carbon accounting. 

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  • Foto: Tt News Agency/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

    More Swedish savers than ever invest in sustainable funds

    The fact that more men than previously have chosen this particular fund option is the main reason for the increase in sustainable investing, the Swedish Investment Fund Association writes.

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  • Tuomas Virtala, CEO of OP Asset Management. | Foto: PR OP.

    OP plans to upgrade funds and launch new dark green fund

    Fresh statistics suggest that the wave of Article 9 fund downgrades is now over. CEO of OP Asset Management Tuomas Virtala explains OP’s plans for its ESG funds and how it aims to avoid downgrading.

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  • A panel discussion at PropTech Symposium on Monday focused on ESG. From the left side: Henrik Steenstrup from CPH City and Port Development, Anna-Mette Monnelly from NREP, Draniel Kraft from Stronghold Invest, and moderator Martin Collignon. | Foto: PR / Proptech Denmark / Rune Svenningsen

    Real estate industry leaders consider ESG a top priority

    ESG targets are currently of top priority in the real estate industry. It is going to be costly, but it will pay off, some of the industry’s leading figures posited at the PropTech Symposium 2023.

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  • Yves-Maurice Radwan, head of green deal infrastructure at Commerz Real. | Foto: PR Commerz Real.

    German fund manager looks for new projects and partners in the Nordics

    Commerz Real’s head of green deal infrastructure Yves-Maurice Radwan, speaks about his ambitions in Nordic renewable energy. 

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  • Foto: Pavel Mikheyev

    Funds marketed as "sustainable" hit by crossborder reality check

    New report reveals that only 4% of funds using the word sustainability, or some version of it in their names, actually comply with all current and planned requirements set by authorities. 

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  • Foto: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

    The number of climate funds out there has exploded

    Finding the right climate strategy is becoming increasingly complicated.

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  • According to CEO Magdalena Wahlqvist Alveskog, it is only a matter of time before the index funds are upgraded. | Foto: Pr/handelsbanken

    Handelsbanken Fonder to reclassify seven index funds as Article 9

    The Swedish fund manager believes that it has received clarification from the EU system on its Paris-aligned benchmark funds. The funds will probably be upgraded before the summer, CEO tells AMWatch.

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  • The executive board of Norges Bank supervises the investments of the Government Pension Fund Global. | Foto: Pr/norges Bank/esten Borgos

    Norges Bank excludes two Asian companies

    Norway’s gigantic oil fund has decided to exclude two Asian companies from its investment portfolio. The companies collaborate with an organization affiliated with the military in Myanmar, it says.

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  • Flemming Højbo writes analyses for AMWatch about the Nordic asset and wealth management sector. Højbo was head of communications in the asset management industry for 15 years, and before that, he worked for 25 years as financial and business reporter and editor. | Foto: Jan Bjarke Mindegaard

    Analysis: Will Americans destroy ESG?

    The anti-ESG movement gains foothold in the USA. This is bad news for the climate. However, it can be good news for Nordic asset managers dedicated to ESG, AMWatch analyst Flemming Højbo points out.

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