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Aleksi Lehtonen will join Aktia as CEO at the latest in the beginning of December 2024. | Foto: PR: Aktia (l.) and Nordea (r.).

Aktia finds itself a new CEO from competitor's ranks

Aktia’s search for a successor for Mikko Ayub is over. The new CEO and President will take up his role at the latest in December 2024.
  • Aktia plans product launches as customer AUM recovers in Q1
  • Aktia's flows improve in Q1 as search for new CEO continues

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Claus Johansen has been a healthcare stockpicker at Danske Bank for more than 19 years. | Foto: Private

Change of plans - former Danske Bank stock picker to launch health care fund of his own

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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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Anders Skar joined Nordnet in 2005 and has served as Country Manager Norway since 2007. | Foto: Pr/nordnet

Head of Nordnet in Norway quits

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Peter Høltermand is the new chairman of the board at independent asset manager | Foto: PR/SEB

Former longstanding SEB country head becomes chairman of asset manager

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  • Elisabeth Bull Daae is supposed to have received a notice of termination from Norges Bank. Here, she's seen in Oslo District Court with her lawyer, Sigurd Knudtzon | Foto: Ida Oftebro

    Oil fund employee receives notice of termination prior to trial verdict

    Elisabeth Bull Daae is banned from Norges Bank’s IT systems and is accused of unfounded allegations against colleagues.

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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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  • Mia Nyberg has been appointed CEO of the Swedish fund manager Storebrand Fonder. | Foto: Storebrand Fonder / Pr

    Storebrand Fonder finds new CEO within own ranks

    The Swedish fund manager Storebrand Fonder has found a replacement for its current CEO Åsa Wallenberg, who was recently poached by another major Swedish fund manager.

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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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  • Danske Bank has named its new head of private banking. | Foto: Danske Bank-pr

    Danske Bank finds new private banking chief at Nykredit

    New head of private banking thinks that Danske Bank is in a good position to maintain and develop its market position.

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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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  • Kasper Elmgreen is leaving Amundi to become the new CIO of Fixed Income & Equities at Nordea Asset Management. | Foto: Amwatch / Søren Rathlou Top

    Nordea hires Amundi's Kasper Elmgreen as new CIO

    Nordea Asset Management has found a new CIO of Fixed Income & Equities, AMWatch has learned. (updated)

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  • Mats Eltoft, head of Nordics distribution at William Blair Investment Management. | Foto: PR William Blair Investment Management.

    Chicago-headquartered investment firm expands presence in Nordics

    The US investment company focusing on active management and US equities has appointed its head of Nordic distribution. 

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  • Jorge Veiga head of client solutions at Swiss investment manager Empira (left) has hired Peter Von Euler as the firms new director of client solutions in the Nordics. | Foto: Pr/ Empira

    Specialized real estate manager strengthens Nordic presence

    With a new hire to its Stockholm office, Swiss real estate manager Empira hopes to gain more traction from institutional investors in the Nordics, head of client solutions Jorge Veiga tells AMWatch.
  • Screens display a tribute to Jack Bogle, founder and retired CEO of The Vanguard Group, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., January 17, 2019. | Foto: Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

    Vanguard’s trillion-dollar man leads a fixed-income revolution

    When March’s bank failures ignited a historic bond rally, few, if any, made more money than Josh Barrickman.
  • Andreas Steno Larsen | Foto: Pr/nordea

    Former Nordea analyst behind highly controversial Covid-19 analysis shares his story

    In November 2021, former analyst at Nordea Andreas Steno Larsen faced backlash following an analysis that overtly criticized several countries’ handling of the coronavirus crisis. 

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  • Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, says the oil fund has tried to accomodate a former employee who has taken legal action

    Oil fund CEO denies gender discrimination

    CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management Nicolai Tangen has been a witness in a pay discrimination case in Norway.

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  • Steen Michael Erichsen has been the CEO of Velliv for 15 years. | Foto: PR / Velliv

    Velliv fires CEO for private savings disposition

    Morten Møller has been appointed interim CEO until a replacement has been found.

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  • Thomas Gade has left Goldman Sachs to become head of quant and overlay at Danske Bank AM | Foto: PR/Danske Bank

    Danske AM finds new head of quant at Goldman Sachs

    Danske Bank Asset Management has found a successor to lead one of its central investment areas.

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  • Nordea loses chief investment advisor to Norwegian financial advisory firm Formue, which recently stepped onto the Danish market | Foto: Philip Davali

    New wealth advisor acquires financial specialist from Nordea

    Norwegian wealth advisory firm Formue, which just made its entry in Denmark, has hired an experienced chief investment advisor from Nordea.

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  • Henrik Franck is leaving Formuepleje. | Foto: Pr / Formuepleje

    CIO to leave Formuepleje - board reduced to three members

    The executive board at Formuepleje shrinks from four to three members following the CIO’s exit.

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  • PensionDanmark has had Torben Möger Pedersen as CEO for the past 30 years. As he is now retiring, the boards of directors at PensionDanmark and Industriens Pension should consider the advantages of a merger, according to advisors. | Foto: Pensiondanmark/pr

    CEO exit at PensionDanmark bestirs idea of merger between pension giants

    A merger between PensionDanmark and Industriens Pension seems an obvious contemplation as the former is currently looking for a new chief executive, say pension advisors. The two boards do not agree. 

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  • Torben Möger Pedersen will be resigning as CEO of PensionDanmark on October 1. | Foto: Stine Bidstrup

    CEO resigns from PensionDanmark with tailwind on several fronts

    Departing PensionDanmark CEO Torben Möger Pedersen reckons his successor will take the reins of a pension company in fine shape. Group key figures largely support this message.

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  • Peter Kjærgaard, CEO at Formuepleje. | Foto: Pr / Formuepleje

    Formuepleje hires Nykredit profile to form new equity team

    Formuepleje CEO Peter Kjærgaard has hired a former colleague from Nykredit to lead his new equity team.

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Latest news

  • Aktia finds itself a new CEO from competitor's ranks – 09:22
  • 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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