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From Countries / Iceland June 2013

Authorities stand by gender initiative despite difficulties

While Icelandic pension funds support legislation on their boards’ gender ratio, some are struggling to meet its requirements

From Countries / Iceland April 2013

Iceland’s pension funds eye refinanced banks

Icelandic pension funds are considering buying Íslandsbanki, one of the three major retail banks rescued after the island’s 2008 financial system collapse

From Countries / Iceland April 2013

Board members face testing time as regulator panel vets suitability

Iceland's pension funds are up in arms at what are characterised as interrogations of pension fund board members. But the inquisitor-in-chief says the interviewees are treated to cake

Iceland Feb 2013
From Countries / Iceland March 2013

Government goes cold on project funding

Iceland’s government has announced it will not call on the pension sector to fund a new university hospital

From Countries / Iceland December 2012

Glimmers of hope visible amid fears about a closed economy

Pension funds highlight concerns that continuing investment restrictions will give new impetus to inflation

From Countries / Iceland November 2012

New proposals will redraft Iceland’s pensions landscape

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

From Countries / Iceland November 2012

Political influence: Governments tempted by pension pots

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

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From Countries / Iceland September 2012

Pension funds side-step currency ban with private equity deal

Despite capital controls banning Icelandic investment in foreign companies, several pension funds in the country have begun doing so

From Countries / Iceland September 2012

Stapi boss unveils plan to split fund into two groups

Stapi lífeyrissjóður managing director Kári Arnór Kárason tells George Coats why his fund is proposing to take pensioners into one fund and focus on investments in another

From Countries / Iceland June 2012

In focus: Kári Arnór Kárason, managing director, Stapi pension fund

Three questions to Stapi's managing director Kári Arnór Kárason

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