Danish pension customers at Nordea received a return of between 7.7 per cent and 10.1 per cent over the first half of 2009.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) is looking to add staff to its Nordic region team.

Skandia Liv has terminated its previous mandates with DnbNor and appointed two managers for its foreign investments in a move that is slashing its management fees by half.

ATP, the DKr400bn (€53.7bn) Danish pension fund, is set to invest more of its hedged portfolio into credit following a series of purchases of swaps.

Svensk Handel’s pension fund just decreased its hedge fund allocation from 36 per cent to 26 per cent of assets. Have you given up on hedge funds?

In an industry first, Gabler Wassum, the Norwegian investment and actuarial consulting firm, is to launch a life insurance company at the end of September.

After a scandal-filled summer in the Finnish pensions industry, Reeta Paakkinen investigates the extent to which public trust in Keva, the local government pensions institution, has been damaged.

An external evaluator is being brought in by the Norwegian ministry of finance to probe the global government pension fund’s failure last year to beat benchmark. Caroline Liinanki investigates.

Sweden’s default fund manager, AP7, has finally appointed a clean tech manager for the Nordic region, in the hope that the sector will outperform other investment areas. Hjalmar Tjan investigates.

Denmark’s largest pension fund posted returns of 19 per cent despite global downturn. Spencer Anderson investigates if ATP’s unique strategy could work for other Nordic funds.

The tumultuous nature of the equity market has spurred Hans-Olov Bornemann to challenge the inherent weaknesses of the strategic asset allocation approach.

Following minor losses in 2008, Gustav Karner, chief financial officer at Länsförsäkringar, tells Caroline Liinanki why pension funds should maintain a consistent level of risk and about the importance of asset allocation

The fund for Norway’s largest council hopes to spread its bets equally between asset classes to counter the downturn, writes Hjalmar Tjan.

Swedish Match is continuing to spread its risk by adding more alternatives to its two pension fund portfolios. Caroline Liinanki finds out more.

After the choppy waters of recent times, Nordic pension funds are searching for real diversification to lessen risk and raise returns, writes Caroline Liinanki.

The relatively inflation-resistant offering of investing in music rights has tempted ABP to test out some true diversification. Hjalmar Tjan investigates.

Despite the economic circumstances, investors may consider adding inflation protection while it is still cheap. Gill Wadsworth investigates.

Active management is having a tricky time with its processes being put under the microscope, but managers are keen to prove its worth, writes Henry Smith.

BlackRock’s Peter Leane and Richard Urwin discuss the prospects for global inflation in the wake of the credit crisis.

With the dark clouds of the global financial crisis parting slightly, Amna Karim investigates what record corporate credit spreads mean for investor gains.

How can this relatively immature asset class flourish after the downturn? asks Markus Ableitinger.

Legal nuances in the UK have meant a low take-up of class actions, writes Charlie Kirby. But the crisis is pushing it rapidly up trustees’ agendas