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Qualitative metrics drive post-crisis pension fund asset allocation
The failure of metrics such as value-at-risk and correlation matrices to accurately predict portfolio performance in the financial crisis has led a number of leading European pension funds to take a more...
The Nordic market has been slower to pick up on the trend for exchange-traded products than its southern European counterparts but progress comes with Swedish bank Handelsbanken’s listing of Finland’s...
The Swedish central bank uses CDS spreads as an indicator of financial stability
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Volatility capped access to funds
ING Bank is offering Swedish investors a product that has the classic benefits of allowing access to an unusual and potentially risky underlying while changing its return profile. The product is based on the East Capital Russia Fund, giving local investors...
Against the grain
Pension fund performance in 2008 was appalling, with funding levels plunging across the globe – but some schemes sidestepped a funding crisis by focusing on effective risk management.
Nordea Bank launches ETCs on Nordic Derivatives Exchange
Nordea Bank, the largest bank in the Nordic region, has launched two exchange-traded certificates (ETCs) on the Nordic Derivatives Exchange (NDX) in Sweden. The certificates follow the OMXS30 index with a constant daily leverage of two. The bull OMX...
Swedish banks downplay Latvian threat
A radical proposal to slash Latvian mortgage borrowers' liabilities has focused attention on the exposure Nordic banks have to the Baltic countries. Risk managers at these institutions say they can withstand the pain, but state support might be needed...
Risk-free ECB rate not suitable for all
Countries that sit outside the eurozone should be allowed to set their own risk-free rate for discounting purposes under Solvency II, according to the Swedish Financial Services Authority. Bertil Sjöö, acting director of insurance at Stockholm-based...
Norway and Sweden agree a joint electricity certificates market
Norway and Sweden have agreed on a joint green electricity certificates market from January 1, 2012. The scheme promotes green energy by offering producers of electricity from renewable sources a green certificate for every MWh of electricity produced,...
SEB aims to put Sweden on the credit map
They say that the early stages of a love affair are often the most exciting. Although Sweden has flirted with credit markets, the two have not had much of a history. But that is all changing now. Swedish investors have suddenly woken up to the ample returns...
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