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

As a new government investigation into IORPs regulation in Sweden gets underway, the sector anticipates its release from ‘legal limbo’

Akershus pension fund faces an uncertain future as a Norwegian regional health authority looks to establish its own pension fund, with assets transferred from other schemes

Global pensions authority Keith Ambachtsheer has looked under the bonnet of the Finnish pensions system to see how it stacked up against its peers

Finland’s pension system is in good health, but pension companies should look to reduce administration costs and abandon their equity home bias, according to two foreign experts

New domestic and European directives are putting pressure on compliance, risk management and costs

Akershus Fylkeskommunale Pensjonskasse, the NKr11bn (€1.5bn) Norwegian local authority pension fund will find out in February whether it will become substantially larger or lose the bulk of its assets by the beginning of 2014.

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

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