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Söderberg & Partners Green Lights Sustainable Leaders

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Söderberg & Partners has published its annual Traffic Lights report singling out the best players in the Swedish financial industry in...

Fund Industry Shifting Defence Stance

Stockholm (NordSIP) – The 2025 Global Risk Report positioned state-based armed conflict as the top current risk and the third most pressing over the...

The Road to COP30

The road to Belém. That is the headline on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) page dedicated to the upcoming 30th Conference...

Taxonomy-Aligned CapEx Grows Amid Heterogeneous Transition

Stockholm (NordSIP) - The EU Platform on Sustainable Finance has published a report on Monitoring Capital Flows to Sustainable Investments. The Platform on Sustainable...

Northvolt Declares Bankruptcy in Sweden

Stockholm (NordSIP) - In the latest development in the saga of Northvolt, the company has announced it has declared bankruptcy in Sweden. The announcement...

Glass Lewis Goes High Tech With Esgaia Purchase

Stockholm (NordSIP) – San Francisco-based Glass Lewis announced today 11 March 2025 that it is acquiring Swedish investment stewardship data management platform Esgaia. Glass...

Afa Fastigheter Appoints New Head

Stockholm (NordSIP) - According to a press release, Afa Fastigheter has appointed Fredrik Bergenstråhle as CEO, starting this summer. He is leaving his current...

Can Corporate Governance Survive Trump?

As the world collectively reeled from the Trump-Zelensky White House meeting debacle, I was prompted to take stock of the new administration's effects on...

ESG Fund Market Tested: Small- to Mid-Cap Equities a Sweet Spot

Stockholm (NordSIP) – Sustainable investors seeking consistent and reliable implantation of their ESG goals are better off sticking with funds applying Sustainable Finance Disclosure...

BNP Paribas Hires Sustainability Veteran to Head Nordic Sales

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Despite the ongoing greenrinsing efforts of some asset managers, the prevailing feeling is that their European investors remain committed to sustainability....

Nordic Fund Riding AI Wave

Stockholm (NordSIP) – The challenge of supporting the rapidly growing artificial intelligence (AI) industry received a boost on 5 March 2025 with the announcement...

PRI Warns Omnibus Proposal Goes Too Far

Stockholm (NordSIP) - At the end of February, the European Commission's (EC) announced its Omnibus legislative proposal to simplify the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...

COP16.1 Outcome: Hope Springs Eternal

Stockholm (NordSIP) – The reconvened 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) that took place in Rome from 25...

Heimstaden Bostad Issues SEK Green Bond

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Heimstaden Bostad AB (publ) successfully issued a SEK850 million green senior unsecured floating rate notes at the start of February. This...

Do Omnibus Proposals Shred EU’s Sustainability Regulations?

Stockholm (NordSIP) - After much anticipation, the European Commission (EC) formally proposed a new package of simplified EU sustainability rules, specifically pertaining to the...

ESG Cited in $35 Billion Asset Loss by US Manager

Stockholm (NordSIP) – The potential implications of US managers’ response to the anti-ESG backlash in their home nation were brought to light today 27...

Länsförsäkringar Liv Unveils New CIO

Stockholm (NordSIP) – Swedish insurance company Länsförsäkringar Liv has revealed Cecilia Kellner as its incoming Chief Investment Officer (CIO). Kellner currently holds the same position...

SEC Stifles Corporate Engagement

Stockholm (NordSIP) – Institutional investors’ stewardship of United States (US) investee companies has been thrown into disarray by changes in Securities and Exchange Commission...

No Article 9 Among FTN’s Latest Nordic Mandates

Stockholm (NordSIP) - The Swedish Fund Selection Agency (Fondtorgsnämnden, in Swedish, or FTN) has awarded the procurement eight Nordic funds to five asset managers...

The Proof of the BPudding

It seems we have finally arrived at the point where the age-old battle of 'divest vs. engage' has found a real-life testing ground. BP...

Enel Issues Triple SLB

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Despite the many woes plaguing ESG investing at the moment, sustainable bond issuance remains appealing to investors, with 2024 witnessing the...

Scania Buys Northvolt’s Battery Factory

Stockholm (NordSIP) - In the latest development in the restructuring of Northvolt, the company announced it was selling the Northvolt Systems Industrial division, a...

FI Approves Alecta’s Next Chairman

Stockholm (NordSIP) - According to a press release issued by Alecta, the Swedish occupational pensions manager has received the decision from the Swedish Financial...

Aviation’s Climate Plans Stuck at Departure Gate

Stockholm (NordSIP) – The aviation industry faces accusations of marking its own homework on climate issues as the level of lobbying at the UN-sponsored...

North American Managers’ ESG Voting Collapse

Stockholm (NordSIP) – Many large asset managers are stepping away from sustainability-related activist investing, with their support for relevant shareholder resolutions almost evaporating since...

IKEA Unpacks Net-Zero Transition Plan

Stockholm (NordSIP) – The INGKA Group, which operates the main retail network of the IKEA brand in 31 countries, published its net-zero transition plan...

OPF: Sustainable Investment Overview

Oslo Pensjonsforsikring (OPF) and its subsidiary Oslo Forsikring are captive insurance companies providing pension, life and non-life insurance to the City of Oslo, affiliated...

Nobel Foundation: Sustainable Investment Overview

The Nobel Foundation manages the legacy fund set up in 1900 according to Alfred Nobel’s will, the proceeds of which allow for the allocation...

Nordic Borrowers Remain Committed to Sustainable Bonds

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Following the peak issuance of 2021 fuelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, 2024 saw global sustainable debt issuance return to positive annual...

J. Safra Sarasin Partners to Conquer Nordics

Stockholm (NordSIP) - At the end of January, J. Safra Sarasin Group appointed Nordicus as its wholesale and institutional asset management distribution partner in...

Swedish AP Funds Write Down Northvolt

Stockholm (NordSIP) - As the Northvolt collapse continues to unfold, this week the second Swedish state pension buffer fund, AP2, announced that the investment...

The Dog Ate my NDC

We have all been there. The deadline for your annual tax return is looming large, but you are busy pairing all your loose socks....

Video: Wildlife Conservation Bond



Staying the course: 2024 TIAA Climate Report

A message from TIAA TIAA’s mission is to deliver financially secure retirement to those that have entrusted their assets to be managed by our firm....

Sustainable Infrastructure Investments: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Path Forward

Sustainable infrastructure investments are increasingly recognised as a cornerstone of economic growth, societal development, and environmental preservation. In a podcast hosted by NordSIP, Stéphanie...

US Firms Dance to Trump’s DEI Tune

Stockholm (NordSIP) – Many large Nordic institutional investors regularly consider factors such as company board composition when qualitatively evaluating potential portfolio holdings. Academic research...

Microsoft Highlights ESG Challenges of AI

Stockholm (NordSIP) – Microsoft has expanded its decarbonisation efforts with a 7-million-ton long-term deal signed in early February 2025 with New York based firm...

The Energy Transition: 10 Essential Indicators for Institutional Investors

Institutional investors globally, whether or not they have net zero commitments, are eager to align with and prepare for the energy transition. Understanding the...

Investment story: Piiparinmaki wind farm in Finland



Optimizing for Net Zero and Nature Positive Outcomes

Net zero and nature positive investing may seem aligned in their goals, yet our analysis reveals that certain net zero investment strategies could inadvertently...

CSRD: A Boon to Nordic Financial Institutions?

By Tom Willman, Regulatory Lead at Clarity AI The beginning of 2025 has already seen a flurry of political activity related to sustainable finance regulation. The debate...

Nordic Institutional Investors Continue to Believe in Sustainability

Stockholm (NordSIP) - As sustainable investments face increasing opposition, especially following last year’s U.S. elections, it’s becoming more critical for asset managers to understand and...

Kåpan and Skandia Support Sustainable Farming

Stockholm (NordSIP) - In 2023, about 735 million people suffered from hunger, while nearly 700 million people continued to live in extreme poverty surviving...

Is Norway Exporting its Carbon Footprint?

Stockholm (NordSIP) – The practice known as greenrinsing continues as Norway’s state-owned oil producer Equinor followed BP and Shell in backtracking on previously set...

COP16.1 Preview: Second Chance for Nature Finance

Stockholm (NordSIP) – The 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16), which ended in November 2024 without reaching a...

Nordic Banks Funding Coal, Oil, and Gas

Stockholm (NordSIP) – Nordic banks continue to finance fossil fuel companies that are expanding their extraction and production of coal, oil, and gas, thereby...

Liar Liar Pants on Fire

Given the communication technology we have access to nowadays, it is surprising (if not utterly irritating) that companies still get away with blatant lies....

Decision Made: Two AP Funds to be Merged Away

Stockholm (NordSIP) - At the end of June 2024, the Swedish government published a review of the Swedish pension fund buffer system which argued...

Commission Publishes Controversial First Omnibus Details

Stockholm (NordSIP) - In November 2024, following the publication of a competitiveness report by Mario Draghi, ex-Italian prime minister and ex-President of the ECB,...

ESG Fund Market Health Check

Stockholm (NordSIP) – Sustainable fund investing is very much a European game, according to new research published by Morningstar on 27 January 2025. This...

Varma Recognised as Sustainability Leader

Stockholm (NordSIP) - At a time of retreating ESG confidence, committed sustainable investors continued to highlight their sustainability credentials despite the idiosyncracies of popular...

Candriam Hires New Nordic Head of Distribution Amid Expansion

Stockholm (NordSIP) - As part of its strategy to expand its presence in the Nordics, Candriam has announced it hired Cristina Lugaro as its...

Michael Bloomberg to Fund UNFCCC

Stockholm (NordSIP) - As part the January 20th Trump Administration's executive order leaving the Paris Agreement, the president revoked all US financial commitments to...

Will Civil Preparedness Save ESG?

In a world where ESG has become politically anathema and after several years of underperformance, sustainability specialists are having to twist themselves into knots...

Handelsbanken Loses Sustainability Head

Stockholm (NordSIP) - After hours on January 23, Catharina Belfrage Sahlstrand, a leading figure in sustainability within the financial sector, has announced her departure...

Armed Conflict Tops 2025 WEF Risk List

Stockholm (NordSIP) – This week's annual meeting of the World Economic Forum's (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, is the opportunity for the global political and...

NBIM Endorses Semi-Annual Reporting

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Management, as is also the case in other broader economic matters, is often concerned with balancing disparate needs. To solve these...

The Trump 2.0 Effect on Climate Action

Stockholm (NordSIP) – January 2025 saw the arrival in the US White House of a newly elected administration headed by Donald Trump, who once...

The Future is Nuclear at Davos

Stockholm (NordSIP) – The first ever public panel discussion on nuclear energy to be held at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting in...

UNEP, PRI and ICMM Launch Tailings Institute

NordSIP (Stockholm) - Following the announcement of its creation in 2023, the UN Environmental Programme (UN EP) reported the launch of the Global Tailings Management...

The Fed Leaves Central Bankers’ Green Network

Stockholm (NordSIP) - On January 17th, in a short press release, the Federal Reserve Board of the USA, the body overseeing the country's central...

Nordic Institutional Investors Seek Natural Capital Strategies

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Global Fund Search (GFS) has published a request for proposals (RFP) according to which Jenzten & Partners is searching for global...

Digitalisation Risk Management Blind Spot

Stockholm (NordSIP) – Independent nonprofit the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is urging companies to keep up with the risks and opportunities brought about by...

Federated Hermes Welcomes New Nordic Champion

Stockholm (NordSIP) - At the start of November, Christine Bergstedt Jorgensen (Pictured) was appointed Director for Business Development in the Nordics at Federated Hermes....

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