31st August, 2026
Sweden’s pension fund consolidation has produced three larger income-pension buffer funds with different portfolios and markedly different first-half returns. AP2 returned 9.6% after costs in H1 2026, against 7.6% at AP3 and 6.8% at AP4, with the three funds reporting a combined SEK2.33 trillion (US$243 billion) at the end of June.
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2nd March, 2026
The first group of major sovereign wealth funds and public pension funds to report calendar year 2025 results shows that performance dispersion was primarily structural with high-equity savings funds such as Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZSuper) and Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) clustered in the mid-teens.
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1st February, 2026
AP2 is one of Sweden’s buffer funds and plays a key role in safeguarding the long-term sustainability of the national pension system. On January 1, 2026, AP2 officially integrated the capital managed by AP6, a pure private equity play. We were pleased to speak with Ms. Eva Halvarsson (CEO) about the recent consolidation of the AP funds, AP2’s portfolio strategy and its climate objectives.