Increasingly troubling news—from wildfire damage to sea temperature anomalies—continues to remind us about the urgency of action on climate change.

• ESG
• Diversifying Strategies
• Hedge Funds

Read more: Accessing the Climate Transition through Liquid Alternatives

Martha Brindle, Director, Public Markets at bfinance sat down with Flora Gaber, Head of ESG Analysis at AP7, part of the Swedish Public Pension agency which manages around $80 billion, to discuss her organisation’s climate journey and its involvement as a participating member of the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

• ESG
• Equity
• Fixed Income
• Governance
• Investor Spotlight

Read more: Investor Spotlight: Sweden’s AP7 Pushes Forward on Biodiversity

Less than a decade after the removal of capital controls that banned pension funds from investing assets overseas, Iceland is now achieving international recognition for the strength and health of its retirement savings system. The country has claimed the top spot in the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index for the past two consecutive years, ahead of the Netherlands and Denmark.

• Equity
• Private Markets
• Private Equity
• Private Debt
• Governance
• Investor Spotlight
• Manager Selection
• Infrastructure

Read more: Iceland’s SL Pension Pursues Internationalisation and Illiquidity

The past two years have seen huge growth in the availability of private market strategies that offer some degree of in-built liquidity, such as open-ended funds and diversified multi-manager strategies.

• Private Markets
• Private Debt
• Manager Selection

Read more: How Do “Liquid” Private Market Strategies Square the Circle?