While Icelandic pension funds support legislation on their boards’ gender ratio, some are struggling to meet its requirements
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
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
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
Glimmers of hope visible amid fears about a closed economy
Pension funds highlight concerns that continuing investment restrictions will give new impetus to inflation
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
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
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
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
In focus: Kári Arnór Kárason, managing director, Stapi pension fund
Three questions to Stapi's managing director Kári Arnór Kárason
