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Report highlights sea-change in asset owner operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... some asset owners are moving away from six-monthly performance reviews. For example, one of the five buffer funds in the Swedish pension system said it had extended its alternative asset horizons from five to 10 years, reducing reliance on monthly and ...

Future Fund appoints equities head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015

Stimulate or deflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... Sweden's Riksbank turn. It cut interest rates to negative and announced a bond buying programme worth around 10 billion Swedish kronor (US$1.2 billion), joining the growing number of central banks trying to prevent low-flation from becoming deflation. ...

FICAP RockStar of the year crowned

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
Count's Chris Mekhail was crowned 2014 Rockstar last night for his soaring rendition of Swedish House Mafia hit 'Don't You Worry Child' at the annual Who wants to be a RockStar event organised by the Finance Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP). The ...

Downswing in bond yields clear path for Absolute Return Fixed Income

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... Canada," he explained. "This year the Aussie dollar has fallen significantly so we've changed moved that exposure to the Swedish krona instead." Where institutions had in the past tended to categorise fixed income absolute return funds for inclusion ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... Switzerland as havens. Not if you look at their relative 10-year benchmark bond yields. Since the day of Steen's forecasts, Swedish and Norwegian bonds have fallen by 7 basis points. Swiss ones dropped by 30 bps. Which one's the safe haven? 7 Swiss National ...

Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... Swedbank Chief Financial Officer Goran Bronner when he, along with the financial markets, pooh poohed Moody's downgrade of Swedish and Norwegian banks last week. "Moody's in general is very backward looking; they are often stating things that are well ...

Genetics not education drives investor behaviour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... their recent paper 'Why Do Individuals Exhibit Investment Biases?' The research is based on a study of more than 15,000 Swedish twins from the world's largest twin registry, the Sweden Twin Registry, that matched detailed data on the twins' investment ...

Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010

Overseas pensions shine in communications

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... jumping and a bike rider at high speed with the use of plain English dialogue to help communicate to young members. A Swedish fund used a video of dancing soldier in traditional regalia, which was posted on YouTube, to advertise the retirement fund. ...