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6 October 2020

AP1 and TOBAM partner to adopt fossil-free investment strategies Investing Sustainably without Giving Up Market Premium

Paris – October 6, 2020 – AP1, the leading Swedish pension scheme, and TOBAM, the Paris-based research driven quantitative asset manager, today announce the adoption of a new fossil-free approach to emerging market equity and global high yield exposures.

6 October 2020

Polhem Infra invests in digital infrastructure – acquires Telia Carrier

Today, the AP fund owned, Polhem Infra have entered into a binding agreement to acquire Telia Carrier, a world leading provider in back-bone connectivity for data traffic. With the acquisition, Polhem Infra will, through Telia Carrier, own and operate more than 74,000 km of fiber...

23 July 2020

Första AP-fonden (AP1) reports on the first half of 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the playing field for the global economy and affects us all, directly or indirectly. For Första AP-fonden (AP1) the pandemic entailed some intensive activities during the spring, with constant evaluation of the allocation strategy based on a rapi...

4 May 2020

Council on Ethics influences safety in mining and focuses on deforestation, money laundering and climate efforts

The Council on Ethics of the Swedish National Pension (AP) Funds Annual Report 2019: For more than 13 years, the AP Funds’ Council on Ethics has exercised influence on the AP Funds’ global portfolio of listed companies to improve their environmental, human rights and corporate go...

16 March 2020

AP1 divests from fossil fuels

Första AP-fonden, has decided to no longer invest in fossil fuels. The decision is a result of the funds work to identify and analyse climate-related financial risks in the economy, and in the fund’s investment portfolio. The fund’s assessment concluded that the transition toward...

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