Annual Report 2008

Five-year overview



2008

2007

2006

2005

2004
Annualized
2004–2008
Accumulated 2004–2008
Investment income and inflows, SEK bn






Net inflow from the pension system 0.9 2.0 1.7 2.9 1.7

Net investment income for the year -48.0 9.7 18.2 27.6 15.9

Net assets at 31 December 171.6 218.8 207.1 187.3 156.8


Return and expenses in total portfolio, %







Return before expenses -21.7 4.8 9.8 17.5 11.4

Operating expenses 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.09

Commission costs 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.08

Return after expenses -21.9 4.6 9.6 17.4 11.2

Inflation 0.9 3.5 1.6 0.82 0.29

Real return after expenses -22.8 1.1 8.0 16.6 10.9


Return and expenses in total portfolio, SEK bn







Return before expenses -47.7 10.0 18.5 27.8 16.1

Operating expenses 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1

Return after expenses -48.0 9.7 18.2 27.6 15.9










Return and risk in listed portfolio







Return, % Portfolio -22.4 4.4 9.2 17.0 11.4 2.9 15.3
Index -21.7 4.0 8.6 15.5 11.4 2.6 13.8
Active -0.7 0.4 0.6 1.5 0.0 0.3 1.6
Risk (standard deviation), Portfolio 18.0 7.9 6.8 4.9 5.7 9.0
Index 17.8 7.6 6.6 4.7 5.7 8.8
Active 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.5
Information ratio Neg 0.8 1.0 3.8 0.0 0.5
Sharpe ratio Neg 0.1 1.0 3.0 1.5 Neg

Currency exposure







% of strategic benchmark at 31 Dec. 22.2 18.2 16.0 20.0 20.0


Active management¹







% of total portfolio at 31 Dec. 97.4 97.5 98.0 94.8 77.4

¹ Including enhanced mandates






External management






% of total portfolio at 31 Dec. 39.7 36.0 34.2 37.7 24.0


Expense ratio, % of net assets







Operating expenses 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.09

Operating expenses + commission costs 0.16 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.17


Portfolio composition at 31 Dec.







SEK bn 171.6 218.8 207.1 187.3 156.8

of which,






Equities, Swedish 18.0 27.8 26.6 23.4 18.9

Equities, non-Swedish 71.6 98.4 91.9 87.0 71.8

Nominal fixed income, Swedish 22.8 19.1 21.9 16.4 15.7

Nominal fixed income, non-Swedish 26.2 44.6 42.7 43.6 34.3

Index-linked bonds 18.1 21.0 16.9 14.6 12.4

Alternative investments 9.3 6.4 5.2 4.3 3.3

Number of employees at 31 Dec. 68 64 64 67 65

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