The Government appointed a new member of the Board of Directors
The Government today appointed finance director Sonat Burman-Olsson as a new member of the Board of Directors at AP3.
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AP Funds’ Ethical Council uses dialogue to encourage corporate responsibility
The Ethical Council of Sweden’s First-Fourth AP Funds has today presented its first annual report.
Full-year report 1 January – 31 December 2007
Net profit totalled SEK 10.7 billion, corresponding to a 5.0% return after expenses. Return before expenses was 5.1%.
AP3 together with several other institutional investors engage with UN Global Compact participants
AP3 has together with a group of signatories to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) written to the chief executive officers of 103 companies in more than 30 different countries to recognise front-runners in the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, while pressing laggards to improve performance.
AP3 wins awards for Best Pension Fund in Sweden and Best European Portfolio Construction
AP3 won two IPE Awards at this year’s European Pension Fund Awards in Vienna, Austria on Thursday November 16.
Award of tender for externally managed Enhanced Indexing Mandates
The Third Swedish National Pension Fund (AP3) has after extensive evaluation approved and signed Framework Agreements with 13 new external managers within the area of Enhanced Indexing, global and/or regional mandates.
Interim report 1 January – 30 June 2007
The AP3 portfolio performed favourably during the first half of the year amid continued equity market gains and rising interest rates.
AP3’s corporate governance report
AP3’s annual governance report, which covers the 12-month period ended 30 June 2007, includes areas and issues that we have focused our governance activities on prior to each AGM season.
Upphandlingen av GTAA-mandat är avslutad
The Third Swedish National Pension Fund (AP3) has after extensive evaluation approved twelve (12) new external managers within the area of Global Tactical Asset Allocation (GTAA).
AP3 restructures following alpha and beta separation
In 2006 AP3 carried out a review of its portfolio structure based on the ambition of making decisions on market exposure (beta) independent from active positions (alpha).
Another year of strong returns
AP3’s fund capital rose SEK 20.2 billion to SEK 212.2 billion in the year ended 31 December 2006 and net profit totalled SEK 18.6 billion, equal to a return of 9.5% after expenses.
AP funds coordinate ethics activities and set up a joint Ethical Council
Through the formation of an Ethical Council, Sweden’s national pension buffer funds, AP1, AP2, AP3 and AP4, have coordinated their SRI analysis of environmental and ethical compliance in the foreign companies where the funds have holdings.
AP3 appoints Aberdeen to build European real estate equity fund portfolio
Aberdeen Property Investors Indirect Investment Management has been appointed to build a European real estate equity fund portfolio on behalf of AP3.
AP3 introduces fundamental indexing
AP3 is enhancing its asset management operations by introducing fundamental indexing as a new form of management.
Report on AP3’s corporate governance activities
Read AP3’s report from the AGM Seson 2006
AP3´s global corporate governance policy
The global corporate governance policy supplements AP3’s corporate governance policy and applies to all non-Swedish corporations in which AP3 has direct ownership interest.
Continued gains in first half
AP3’s fund capital rose by SEK 4.1 billion in the first half and totalled SEK 196.1 billion at 30 June 2006. Net profit was SEK 3.4 billion, representing a return of 1.7% after expenses.
AP3 writes a letter to Yahoo
AP3 has written a letter to Yahoo! Inc, in which the fund is a shareholder, on the occurrence that the company has been associated with human rights violation in China.
Tender for Ethical and environmental analysis including advice
Tredje AP-fonden (AP3), Första AP-fonden (AP1), Andra AP-fonden (AP2) and Fjärde AP-fonden (AP4) carry out a procurement through a partially coordinated procedure regarding ethical and environmental analysis including advice comprising.
The procurement for risk system has been finalized
The procurement for a risk analysis system was finalized at 9 May 2006.
Total return of 17.9% – record performance for AP3
The AP3 portfolio generated a total return of 17.9% before expenses and 17.7% after expenses.
The annual report 2005 will be published 23 February
On 23 February AP3 will announce the annual report for 2005.
Procurement for risk system
The Fund is initiating a procurement of new solutions for its risk analysis (ex ante), and possibly for style analysis for equities.
AP3 invests in infrastructure assets
AP3 has further diversified its portfolio by investing £20 million in the Henderson PFI Secondary Fund, which invests in infrastructure assets such as hospitals, schools and railways.
Favourable market trends produced solid first-half performance
AP3 reported a net profit of SEK 13.8 billion in the first six months of 2005, the Fund’s best half-year performance since its inception in 2001.