The Swedish Fund Selection Agency announces award decision in the procurement of Nordic equity funds

The Swedish Fund Selection Agency today, February 19, announces its decision on the procurement of the fund category actively managed Nordic equity funds with a focus on large and mid-cap companies. Four fund managers are awarded contracts for four funds on the Premium pension fund platform. Three funds have already been available on the fund platform and one is new.

These fund managers and funds are:

• Handelsbanken Fonder AB
Handelsbanken Norden Selektiv
• Nordea Funds Ltd
Nordea Nordic Fund
• SEB Investment Management AB
SEB Nordenfond
• Ålandsbanken Ab
Ålandsbanken Norden Aktie

The award decision means that SEK 8,8 billion of premium pension savers' funds will be allocated to these funds.

For pension savers, the procurement means that all the funds in the category have undergone an extensive evaluation and are of high quality.
“The work to quality assure the funds in the premium pension system is proceeding according to plan and we are pleased to finalise two more procurements now”, says Mats Dillén, Chairman of The Swedish Fund Selection Agency.

By law, the funds procured must be suitable, controllable, sustainable, cost-efficient, and high quality. In addition, the range on the fund platform must provide pension savers with freedom of choice.
“The fact that all funds in the category are now quality-assured means a safer choice environment for savers. Regardless of which fund you choose, you can rest assured that it is a fund with high quality management," says Erik Fransson, executive director of The Swedish Fund Selection Agency.

Approximately 80,000 pension savers have holdings in funds affected by the procurement. The funds in the category that have not been allocated will after a phase out period be deregistered from the fund platform. Savers with funds removed from the fund platform are given the opportunity to make a new choice. If the saver does not choose, the funds are automatically moved to an equivalent procured fund.

For further information, The Swedish Fund Selection Agency has published a procurement report which can be accessed here. Pdf, 7.6 MB.

For questions, please contact:
Viktor Ström Head of Communication, the Swedish Fund Selection Agency, FTN.
+46 73 321 64 46 or viktor.strom@ftn.se