- Sweden’s church pension fund, Krykan’s Pension, made a return of 17.8 per cent in 2021, it has revealed.

This is a significant increase to the 5.6 per cent return generated in 2020. Total investment assets were SEK 25.6bn (SEK 21.9bn, 2020). The solvency ratio was 243 per cent (198 per cent, 2020) and the management expense ratio was 0.16 per cent (0.19 per cent, 2020).

- Robeco has launched a Sustainable Index family, the Robeco SDG Low-Carbon Indices, which follows the introduction of its Multi-Factor Index range back in 2017.

Similar to the Multi-Factor Index range, the SDG Low-Carbon Indices are available for seven regions: Global AC, Global DM, Emerging Markets, US, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Japan. The index aims to make a positive contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and applies Robeco’s proprietary SDG Framework.

- The Finnish Centre for Pensions will host a research webinar on old-age poverty on 14 March.

Hosted on Teams, the webinar will consider whether poverty in old age develops differently compared to other age groups? Why are women often at a higher risk of poverty than men? And, does it matter for perceived income adequacy from which source the income comes from?

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