The new forest investment blends in well with the pension fund's portfolio as the company plans to increase its exposure to alternative investments, says AMF Head of Alternative Investments.
The most recent addition to the major asset owner's property portfolio is Strömkarlen 4 in Helsingborg, purchased last week by Keva's and Alecta's joint venture Stadsrum Fastigheter. Finland's largest pension fund targets regional joint ventures -- such as an ongoing hotel development project in Copenhagen with Danish AP Pension.
Based on the pension fund's intentions to make a greener investment portfolio, Pensam has decided to exclude 26 of the largest global oil companies, writes Danish daily Information.
Industriens Pension has appointed a new professional to monitor the risk in the fund's investment portfolio. His predecessor left this spring following a minor organizational restructuring.
In six years, PFA's Director of real estate has increased the pension fund's exposure to real estate from EUR 2.7bn to EUR 9bn. This month, in an early celebration of his 60th birthday, he has purchased yet another spectacular property: the concert and exhibition hall Forum in Copenhagen.
A new CIO will allow PFA to better manage risk and ensure future yielded returns for the pension company's customers. The recruitment process has been long enough for ATP to get a new CEO in place.
PFA Pension has created a new position as Group Chief Investment Officer, expanding its executive management group. The new member is a former CIO at ATP.
Year to date, Denmark's LD's own return is lower than three external funds available for client investments, while the internal fund is ahead long-term.
As the work progresses to pick the most favorable funds for Swedish pension savers, plans are to introduce new investment fund tools to the pension platform, says Director of Fund Department Erik Fransson.
Head of Equity: We would not want to miss the opportunity to invest again in one of Sweden's most important industrial companies.
The pension fund is working towards a green investment portfolio, but dumping traditional energy sources overnight would have extensive social consequences. For this reason, PFA adopts a more pragmatic approach, Group CFO explains.
The pension funds become shareholders in battery manufacturer Northvolt, which intends to construct Northvolt Ett, Europe's first homegrown gigafactory for lithium-ion battery cells.
Sweden’s state pension managers are looking for ways to gain more control over private equity investments rather than handing the business over to external buyout firms.
Swedish Catella's Berlin-based subsidiary invests EUR 117m in nearly 300 apartments in Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany for a German pension fund. The biggest investment is in the Danish provincial city of Aarhus.
In just under a year, PKA CEO Peter Damgaard Jensen leaps from the busy life of a CEO to the calm days of retirement. It has been essential to quit while he still finds it exciting to go to work, he says in anticipation of more family time, skiing and fishing – and perhaps working a little on responsible investments.
The Danish pension fund allocates significant assets to the green transition in the Netherlands.
The Swedish buffer fund follows its Nordic peers, divesting from alcohol and tobacco manufacturers in order to lead by example, managing assets in a responsible manner. Norway's KLP recently made similar move.
The Danish state-owned pension fund has been repeatedly criticized for not having a sufficiently green approach to investments, which is why ATP has invited FinansWatch for a talk behind the scenes to explain its ideas on how to incorporate an environmental dimension into investments.
Despite attractive real estate investment opportunities offered by Nordic countries outside of Finland, the EUR 47.4bn investor prefers to work in the eurozone, Ilmarinen CIO reveals to AMWatch.
The increased regulation of the banking sector following the financial crisis has left a number of holes in the credit market, which could potentially be a golden opportunity for pension funds. Risk of unhealthy competition, warn professor and trade association.
Danish company Nets’ new incentive program is reported to assign a bonus of nearly EUR 940m to executives. Several pension funds are prepared to increase demands for firms’ bonus programs.
A continued increased demand for pension advice has made Swedish financial advisors Söderberg & Partners decide to recruit an additional 40 pension advisors in the coming year.
COO to leave AP Pension. A replacement is in place, and management group expands.
After six months with Industriens Pension, Kenneth Olsson has decided to return to ATP Ejendomme to cover a newly created position. Before last summer's job change, he had been with ATP Ejendomme for nearly 16 years.
Many of the wealthiest families want to take charge of their own traditional asset management but the need for banks remains intact. Asset managers see a new market for alternative investment management for wealthy families.
