Four questions to Timo Ritakallio, Ilmarinen's chief investment officer and deputy chief executive

A new regime that will transform Norway’s occupational pensions framework is on course to be implemented from the beginning of 2014

A leading Danish politician is pressing for the creation of a new asset class aimed at pension funds

Having been hit hard by the global financial crisis, Iceland’s pension system is facing a number of challenges to counter current pressures

Industry participants downplay the importance of official interference but governments’ ambition to exercise control over businesses is still evident

After EU discussions failed, Nordic pension companies are facing yet another delay for the implementation of the Solvency II directive

Malin Björkmo, author of a 2009 report about the structure of the Swedish AP funds, tells Caroline Liinanki the focus should be on solving the governance structure

Bengt-Åke Fagerman, chief executive officer of Skandia Liv, tells Caroline Liinanki about the life company’s acquisition of its parent Skandia AB and the future of guaranteed-rate products

Landstinget Gävleborg is moving from a traditional exclusion approach to work more actively with managers on ESG integration

Nordic governments may not be as ruthless as some of their southern neighbours when using pension money for policy ends but they are not above applying political pressure