Rachel Fixsen
Rachel is IPE's Nordic correspondent.
She has long been a freelance writer, and over the years, has written for The Telegraph, The Independent, The Observer, AMWatch and elsewhere.
In 2001, Rachel's personal finance book Kickstart Your Money was published by John Wiley & Sons.
NewsFolksam, KPA set 2030 climate targets, highlighting social impact
Swedish pensions group and municipal pension fund subsidiary follow NZAOA requirements to establish 50% emission reduction targets for investment assets
NewsIceland’s pension funds post 6.5% real return in 2024
Almenni Pension Fund sees mixed outlook, with uncertainty around global impact of new US regime, while earthquakes in Iceland may blight domestic economy
NewsNorway’s SWF rekindles Trump-backed end to quarterly reporting
NBIM says mandatory quarterly reporting by businesses can lead to short-term decision-making, hindering sustainable growth and innovation
NewsSwedish Pensions Agency’s analysis chief quits in row over ‘private commitments’
Ole Settergren to remain at the agency until a replacement takes over
NewsPFA warns of higher economic risks around China
Danish pensions giant says Trump’s election, and resulting asset manager exodus from climate cooperations, is clear signal that world is changing fast
NewsSampension urges mental well-being action, despite dip in early-retirement
Norway’s political parties agree to abolish mandatory early retirement for armed forces, police, prison staff
NewsAkademiker overhauls equity strategy behind new market-rate product
Danish labour-market pension scheme dials risk levels both up and down within range of AlfaPension profiles
NewsForca outsources Danish pensions IT to Netcompany
Joint pensions administration firm for PKA, PBU and Lærernes Pension says new integrated system meets its owners needs ‘faster, better and cheaper’
NewsAP2 hires new CIO Anna Hammer to continue portfolio changes
Gothenburg-based buffer fund poaches Länsförsäkringar CIO to fill gap after losing Erik Kleväng Callert to SEB Trygg Liv
NewsAP7 indicates BlackRock’s NZAM exit could affect future mandates
Sweden’s biggest state pension fund to meet world’s largest asset manager ‘to better understand’ decisions after BlackRock fled net zero alliance
NewsKPA calls for action on pensions investment in local climate adaptation
Swedish municipal pension fund says preparedness investments have a long-term perspective that suits the management of occupational pensions
NewsNordea, Danica, PBU lead Danish 2024 pension returns; home bias dents gains
Currency hedging knocked average 3.6 points off returns last year for 60/40 portfolio, according to consultant Nikolaj Holdt Mikkelsen
AnalysisIPE Nordic Briefing: Denmark’s PenSam boosts property portfolio
Plus: PFA Klima Plus generates high returns; NBIM pushes Council of Institutional Investors (CII) on unequal voting structures at companies
NewsPensionDanmark to ramp up equities after 17% stocks gain in 2024
Danish pension fund to increase the equity proportion particularly for younger scheme members, and postpone risk reduction starting point by five years to age 50
NewsConcerns Danish pensions wealth leads to early retirement overblown, says IPD
New figures show proportion of people funding own early retirement remained stable over past two years, according to pensions lobby group
NewsNBIM proposes cutting smaller EM stocks from SWF’s benchmark
Proposed change would excise thousands of Chinese stocks from GPFG’s €1.7trn portfolio
NewsDanica moves closer to parent Danske Bank with new commercial strategy
CEO Kaagaard says it is ‘completely natural’ to change name to the single word ‘Danica’
NewsPFA’s climate product beats standard pension with 19.6% return
Parts of the green sector hit by declining investment appetite in 2024, says CIO
NewsP+ taken to task by Danish FSA over private equity risk measurement
Financial watchdog criticises pension fund for failing to document appropriateness of data source behind model to estimate PE risk premium
NewsATP disappointed as Better Energy restructures
Citing ‘perfect storm of negative market conditions’, Danish renewable-energy firm enters restructuring to rebuild capital base and stabilise the business
