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Solar energy is the core focus of four Danish pension firms' investments in California. | Foto: Jens Dresling

Pension firms invest in US solar energy project

Four Danish pension firms have bought into a project consisting of solar farms and facilities for battery storage in the US through asset manager AIP Management.
  • New York City pension funds urge major banks to raise climate goals
  • Humanitarian NGO both praises and critiques Danske Bank's new climate plan

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Foto: Tim Brakemeier/AP/Ritzau Scanpix - Wolfram Steinberg/AP/Ritzau Scanpix

Danes change pension companies more frequently than Swedes

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Pension funds in New York demand major American banks to follow the footsteps of Citigroup in regards to climate ambitions. | Foto: Robert Galbraith

New York City pension funds urge major banks to raise climate goals

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Rasmus Cederholm, CIO of Danish pension firm AP Pension. | Foto: PR / AP Pension

AP Pension CIO craves more nuance in debate on alternatives

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AP Pension was founded in 1919 and has roots in the Danish cooperative movement. | Foto: Ap Pension/pr

AP Pension sustainable product beats core offering in 2022

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Mats Langensjö. | Foto: PR

Mats Langensjö of Arkwright Consulting becomes partner

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  • Foto: Stine Bidstrup/ERH

    Danske Bank launches new climate plan to meet Paris Agreement goals

    The Danish Bank is putting specific targets on how much its carbon emissions have to be reduced under a new climate strategy.

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  • AkademikerPension CEO Jens Munch Holst. | Foto: Pr/akademikerpension

    Danish pension firm buys Irish offshore wind stake alongside CIP

    AkademikerPension signs on as co-investor with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) in buying half interest in Norwegian utility Stakraft’s Irish offshore wind portfolio.

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  • CEO of Norges Bank Investment (NBIM), Nicolai Tangen. | Foto: Tony Colli/PR

    NBIM CEO sees private equity as "potentially interesting"

    Norway’s Oil Fund is in the early stages of examining whether it should put money to work in private equity, CEO says.

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  • Ann Brännback, senior portfolio manager for hedge funds and credit at Varma. | Foto: Varma PR.

    Varma's fixed income pundit moves to hedge funds team

    “Promoting our ESG and responsible investment targets will be an important part of my work going ahead,” says the pension company’s new senior portfolio manager for hedge funds and credit. 

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  • Timo Löyttyniemi, CEO of the State Pension Fund of Finland (VER). | Foto: PR VER.

    Finnish state pension fund looks at boosting private assets exposure

    ”Taking into account how large changes have been taking place in the world during the past three years, we have made surprisingly few adjustments within our portfolio,” says Timo Löyttyniemi, CEO of Finland’s EUR 21.3bn State Pension Fund. 

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  • Iberdrola headquarters in Bilbao, Spain. | Foto: PR Iberdrola.

    Oil fund makes first direct investment in Spanish renewables

    An agreement between Iberdrola and NBIM could be extended to other countries in the future, the Spanish energy company writes. 

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  • Sampsa Ratia, Head of Real Assets at Varma. | Foto: Varma PR.

    Varma appoints new Head of Real Assets

    Going ahead, investment environment will be challenging, but at the same time it will offer opportunities for success, says the new Head of Real Assets at Finnish pensions company Varma.

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  • Foto: PR: Danske Bank, Nordea, Swedbank, Handelsbanken.

    Kentucky blacklists Nordic banks for ESG policies

    Kentucky State Treasurer Allison Ball says banks maintaining exclusion policy on fossil fuel suppliers will be subject to divestment from the US federal state. 

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  • Jacob Ehlerth Jørgensen is Head of ESG at Sampension. | Foto: Sampension /pr

    Almost 70% of savers prefer responsible pension investment after poor 2022 returns

    According to a poll made on behalf of Denmark’s Sampension, seven out of ten domestic pension savers want their retirement savings invested responsibly.

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  • PFA Chief Investment Officer Kasper A. Lorenzen says returns from alternatives must be calculated correctly to avoid value redistribution between customers. | Foto: PR / PFA

    PFA writes down valuations on alternatives

    Denmark’s largest pension company has opted to write down valuations on alternatives to avoid value redistribution between customers, CIO Kasper A. Lorenzen explains.

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  • By the end of Q3 last year, ATP's AUM totaled DKK 677bn (EUR 91bn) | Foto: Dorthe Bach

    ATP suspends aim to track record-high inflation in the short run

    Soaring inflation makes it difficult for ATP to ensure real value of pension payouts in the near term, but the Danish state pension fund says it means to achieve inflation protection on annuities in the long run.

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  • Danica Pension sees customer tendency to opt out of high-risk products . | Foto: Mogens Flindt

    Downturn makes Danish pension savers flee from high-risk products

    In 2022, Danish pension savers are much less inclined to put savings in high-risk products, a poll by Danica Pension reveals.

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  • Jacob Schlawitz, CEO at Max Matthiessen. | Foto: Pr / Max Matthiessen

    Max Matthiessen targets banking clients' private savings with fund platform buyout

    Swedish financier and insurance broker Max Matthiessen is acquiring fund platform Fondab to seize part of the market neglected by banks, CEO Jacob Schlawitz, tells AMWatch.

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  • Peter Dagø (right) is CEO and Anders Tærø Nielsen (left) is Forest and Investment director at Remixed Nature. | Foto: Remixed Nature / PR

    Two new funds to create returns through carbon credits

    Asset manager Remixed Nature offers pension firms and private investors, among others, the opportunity to invest in Scottish forests through carbon credits.

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  • Lars-Göran Orrevall, head of asset management at Skandia. | Foto: PR Skandia.

    Skandia invests in new government agency bond

    The bond has been issued by Sweden’s export credit agency and is tied to Sweden’s new reference rate: SWESTR.

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  • "It's a coincidence that Danica mentioned the idea of organizing their portfolio a bit, and we responded that we were very interested in buying the property if it made sense to them and if given the right price, which we were,” Dorte Krak, CEO of Arp-Hansen Hotel Group., says. | Foto: Mik Eskestad

    Danica sells historical property in large deal

    Danish hotel group Arp-Hansen is paying a large sum to buy historic hotel property from pension firm Danica.

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  • Industriens Pension Director Heidi Haurholm-Rasmussen | Foto: IndustriensPension

    Danish pension firm invests in US climate fund

    Despite Industriens Pension’s plan to significantly limit its venture capital funding, the Danish institutional investor is maintaining engagement in what it sees as the best funds in class. 

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  • Foto: PR / Nordicals

    Danish pension firms sell Zealand properties

    A property in the center of Danish town Næstved has been sold for a double-digit million-kroner amount. Buyers are ready ”if the case is right,” says real estate broker Nordicals.

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  • Kerstin Hessius and Staffan Hansén, former and current CEO of Swedish buffer fund AP3. | Foto: Pr/ Ap3

    Former AP3 CEO to her successor: "It’s important to protect the fund reform"

    After many years of the Swedish buffer funds’ returns exceeding their targets and now inflation reducing the real value of pensions, the debate has been sparked in Sweden to use the surplusses from the AP funds to increase pensions. 

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  • Der er grund til at kippe med flaget i Norge, hvor landets oliefond torsdag har sat ny rekord. | Foto: Finn Frandsen

    Norway's oil fund sets new record

    Billions are rolling into the Norwegian oil fund, which set a new record Thursday.

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