Top Nordic ESG fund not available in Denmark
Ahead of World Environment Day, we look at which Nordic ESG-focused funds top the performance charts
Norway
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Norway’s largest pension fund divests from alcohol and gambling
KLP has sold out of 42 alcohol and 55 gambling firms and will also shun investments in pornography
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Nordic selectors find better returns in illiquids
Illiquid strategies deemed cheaper with better opportunities as popularity rises in Last Word’s quarterly survey
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Norwegian asset manager Storebrand targets Netherlands
Oslo-headquartered sustainable investment specialist is now offering three strategies to Dutch investors
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Lazard offers Scandinavian bond fund
Portfolio mainly consists of Scandinavian bonds and global bonds denominated in Scandinavian currencies
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Nasdaq launches ESG portal to screen Nordic companies
Move encourages companies in Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius to report on ESG
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Norwegian selectors ‘ashamed’ by sovereign fund’s Saudi stance
The world’s largest fund is set to more than double its investments in Saudi Arabia despite Khashoggi killing
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Norwegian investors adjust to latest oil price slump
Many of the Nordic country’s leading companies are heavily dependent on crude but this dynamic is slowly shifting
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European nations sweep new ESG scorecard, but New Zealand top
Insight Investment unveils in-house sovereign ratings but data needs tweaking on environmental and social factors
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‘If the correction comes in the US… it will also come in Europe’
We invited three high-profile investors from the Nordics to discuss some of the biggest challenges facing fund buyers
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Value can still be found in frontier market equities
Frontier equities have posted mediocre returns and selectors are reducing their allocations – but a few retain faith
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Investment firms look to Nordics for growth
Polar Capital follows PineBridge and Hermes in establishing business development operations into the region.