AP3 fund’s high AUM means that “we are doing a good job”, CEO says

The four major buffer funds in the Swedish pension system all do things “slightly differently”, the CEO of the biggest fund, AP3, tells AMWatch in an interview following its half-year report.

Staffan Hansén has been CEO of the AP3 fund since last autumn. He admits that there is "a kind of friendly competition" between the major buffer funds. | Photo: Peter Phillips / AP3 / PR

by KIM WIESENER

Listed equities delivered the lion’s share of the positive return of AP3, the biggest buffer fund in Sweden’s public pension system, during the first half of 2023.

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