"Private equity is really a selection game," says CEO of Sweden's AP6 fund

The “odd fund out” in the Swedish public pension system consistently delivers high returns. But the question is whether AP6 will remain independent.

Katarina Staaf is the CEO of the AP6 national pension fund. | Photo: PR / AP6

by KIM WIESENER

When the selection teams at Sweden’s AP6 national pension fund monitor their investment universe, it does at times seem as if they are looking for a needle in a haystack.

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