Kåre Hahn Michelsen, newly appointed CEO of P+ | Foto: Pr / P+

Climate activist group lauds Danish pension fund's new CEO pick

In 2020, P+ divested its stakes in oil companies and stressed that more would follow.

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Rasmus Cederholm has been CIO of AP Pension since May 2021. | Foto: PR

Challenged Danish manager poaches pension fund CIO

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Peder Hasslev will take over as CEO of Alecta on September 1. | Foto: PR / Alecta

Alecta’s next CEO: Stock picking closer to home is less risky

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At Danish broadcaster DR, Iben Maria Zeuthen hosts the Danish radio program "What would Jesus have said?", among others. | Foto: Anders Rye Skjoldjensen

Radio host quits job at national broadcaster to dodge mandatory pensions scheme

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CEO of ATP Martin Præstegaard during his presentation at FinansWatch's conference "Financial business of the year." | Foto: Jan Bjarke Mindegaard

Turmoil on financial markets makes ATP decrease its risk exposure

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Kåre Hahn Michelsen will step into the management team on June 1, officially taking on the CEO role on October 1. | Foto: Pr/p+

Danish pension fund names current CIO as next CEO

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Sampension criticized for lack of transparency
Around 10% of the pension fund’s total investments are undisclosed, according to Danish news outlet Danwatch. Sampension says that no ”black investments” are hidden in the portfolio.
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Leaving AP7: “I did not imagine that we would reach a trillion”
After being part of the Swedish default pension fund’s top management for 23 years, Richard Gröttheim is leaving his job as CEO on 31 May. AMWatch met him for a farewell interview.
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Pension investor to take hard line on corporate taxes
Many companies will have to prepare, says PKA’s CEO, as the Danish pension fund is about to accelerate the monitoring of corporate tax payments with a new tool from EY.
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Finnish pension giant revamps the role of responsible investment
From June on, Varma’s director of responsible investment will also take over leadership of the company’s communications.
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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.
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Oil fund puts Indonesian company on observation list, fearing damage to cultural heritage
Some of the oldest rock art in the world can be found in the areas where an Indonesian company operates. This includes cave art which is at least 43,900 years old.
PFA met with criticism for increasing investment in oil company
At the annual general meeting on Tuesday, PFA will vote against Shell’s own climate plan and at the same time refrain from supporting a stricter proposal from a number of investors.
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Danish pension fund invests DKK 400m in new real estate fund
A Swedish private equity fund gets Danish pension and life insurance fund Lærernes Pension on board as anchor investor.
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Pension funds approaching saturation point for alternatives
With several years of investments in alternatives behind it, the pension sector has found common ground in terms of how it works with this sort of investment, says PFA CIO.
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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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Pension giants join forces to develop downtown Stockholm
AP7’s involvement in Stockholm city block Urban Escape is the starting point for real estate investments in Sweden as well as abroad, the pension fund’s CEO says.
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New PensionDanmark CEO has big shoes to fill: "It makes the job attractive to me"
In his upcoming job as CEO, Peter Stensgaard Mørch is given the task of further developing PensionDanmark. But first, he has to undergo a year of training to thoroughly know the pension business.
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Church fund loses yet another member of its investment team
The Church Pension Fund of Finland has recently lost two of its five-member investment team.
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PensionDanmark reveals new chief executive
The Danish pension fund names Torben Möger Pedersen’s upcoming replacement. The position won’t be assumed until next year. Until then, CIO Claus Stampe will be interim CEO.
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Alecta outperforms major Swedish pension competitors in Q1
Despite its recent problems, Alecta did better than its peers in a quarter of return reversals between Sweden’s leading commercial pension companies.
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Danske Bank profile to become CIO at Oslo Pensjonsforsikring
Stig Faltinsen will become the new chief of investments in Oslo municipality’s own pension fund.
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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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Industriens Pension recruits more specialists for unlisted investments
The pension fund is growing, adding investment specialists in infrastructure, bonds and unlisted equities to its staff.
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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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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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