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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. 
  • Danish pension fund names current CIO as next CEO
  • P+ CIO cleans up the portfolio, aiming to reduce costs

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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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  • Foto: PR / Sampension

    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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  • After 23 years, Richard Gröttheim is saying goodbye to the AP7 pension fund. | Foto: Kim Wiesener / Amwatch

    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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  • ”There will be a more strict line,” says PKA CEO Jon Johnsen. | Photo: Pr/pka

    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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  • Hanna Kaskela, director of responsible investment at Varma. | Foto: PR Varma.

    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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  • 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. 

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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

    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.
  • 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

    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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  • Erik Dansbo is chief investment officer at Swedish Slättö. He calls it an honor to land Lærernes Pension as investor | Foto: PR / Slättö

    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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  • Chief Investment Officer at PFA, Kasper Ahrndt Lorenzen. | Foto: PR/PFA

    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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  • 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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  • A helicopter view of the Urban Escape city block in downtown Stockholm, which will become the starting point for AP7's direct real estate investments. | Foto: Amf Fastigheter / Pr

    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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  • Peter Stensgaard Mørch is seen in the Danish parliament in his role as permanent secretary at the Ministry of Finance. | Foto: Jens Dresling

    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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  • Kuopio Cathedral. | Foto: Kuopion ev.lut. seurakunnat: Hannu Korhonen.

    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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  • Peter Stensgaard Mørch and Claus Stampe. | Foto: PR / PensionDanmark

    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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  • Foto: PR/AMF, Skandia, Alecta and Folksam

    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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  • Stig Faltinsen has been appointed CIO at Oslo Pensjonsforsikring. | Foto: PR / Oslo Pensjonsforsikring

    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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  • 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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  • Martin Munkesø, Linsay McPhater & Claus Bajlum. | Foto: Industriens Pension/PR

    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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  • 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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Latest news

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  • Climate activist group lauds Danish pension fund's new CEO pick – 09:00
  • EU reports identify numerous ways of misleading ESG investors – 08:00
  • Alternative fund manager reported to the police – 2 Jun
  • Oil fund seeks to take lead in lawsuit against SVB – 2 Jun
  • Challenged Danish manager poaches pension fund CIO – 2 Jun
  • Analysis: Will the confusion about EU regulation harm sustainable investments? – 2 Jun
  • Swedish state pension fund adds seven coal polluters to blacklist – 2 Jun
  • Change of plans - former Danske Bank stock picker to launch health care fund of his own – 2 Jun
  • Swedish company comes in from cold as investors return to defense – 2 Jun
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