Howchin Leaves Amidst Council on Ethics Restructuring
In a press release, the first, second, third and fourth AP funds announced on October 15 that they have decided to conduct a strategic review of the Council on Ethics. Meanwhile, John Howchin, at the helm of the Council as Secretary-General for almost 12 years, announced his departure.
AP6 Targets Sustainability
Stockholm (NordSIP) – Sweden’s Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP6) has always been the less-known sibling in a family of national pension funds that...
KLP’s New Head of RI Embraces Diversity
Stockholm (NordSIP) – Earlier this month, Norwegian pension giant KLP announced promoting senior analyst Kiran Aziz to Head of Responsible Investments. Aziz is hardly...
Kåpan Finds a Match in M&G Sustainable Loan Fund
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Dedicated sustainable options within the realm of private debt are few and far between. This week, the family got a little...
AP7 Joins TNFD
Stockholm (NordSIP) - AP7 has announced Johan Florén, Head of Communications and ESG, and Flora Gaber, Head of ESG Analysis, will be representing the...
Swedish Institutional Investors Launch Integrity Forum
Stockholm (NordSIP) - In an apparent effort to address Peace, Justice and strong institutions (SDG 16) and Partnerships (SDG 17), AP1, Folksam, SEB Investment...
Meet AP6’s New ESG Integration Manager
Tucked away in Gothenburg and focused solely on unlisted assets, the Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP6) is somewhat less known than its peers...
AP6 Gains a New Sustainability Specialist
The Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP6) has been boosting its sustainability ambitions recently. Two new specialists, Per Norberg (pictured) and Anna Grgic are...
33 Nordic Institutions Endorse Climate Appeal Ahead of UN Summit
Stockholm (NordSIP) - 587 investors with US$46 trillion in assets under management, signed a joint statement urging national governments to rapidly implement five priority policy...
PFA Gains a Real Change Warrior
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Late last week, PFA confirmed in a short press release (in Danish) the rumours that Sasja Beslik, former head of sustainable...
AP1 Seeds New Climate Change High Yield Fund
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Motivated by the increased incidence of extreme weather events, the rising threat they pose and the urgency underlined by the latest...
AP3 Invests in Texas Timberland
Stockholm (NordSIP) - AP3, the Third Swedish National Pension Fund and one of four funds that manage capital on behalf of the Swedish state...
Varma & Ilmarinen: Bullish on ESG ETFs
Insights from Finnish asset owners suggest that global ESG ETF trends are reflective of on-the-ground experience in the Nordic country.
NN IP Wins Norwegian Impact Mandate
Stockholm (NordSIP) - At the end of April, after a selection process that spanned from the beginning of the year through early March, Norway's...
Council on Ethics: Engagement Update
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Tailings dams, created to store the waste products of mining operations, are some of the world’s largest engineered structures. Yet, they...
UNJSPF Joins Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
Stockholm (NordSIP) - At the beginning of July, the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance gained its 27th member, as the United Nations Joint Staff Pension...
PenSam Seeks Greener Risk Premia
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Danish pension fund PenSam has agreed with Nordea Asset Management on a €2.16 billion global equity risk premia mandate, which also...
NBIM Highlights Shareholder Voting Challenges
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the asset manager responsible for the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund, has published an analysis of shareholder...
AP Funds Show Sustainability and Returns go Hand in Hand
Stockholm (NordSIP) - According to their yearly reports, the First, Second, Third and Fourth AP Funds had aggregate earnings totalling SEK236 billion for 2019, equivalent...
Managers Wanted for Half Billion € in Climate Strategies
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Ten French institutional investors have announced they are looking for asset managers that can manage three new European climate strategies worth...
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