CEO comment on Full-year report 2022: Record-high return to customers February 10, 2023 Folksam entered the year 2022 in the strongest financial position in Folksam’s modern history. This strength gives us the opportunity to be a long-term owner in our investments and thus help to transition to a more sustainable world. There were many challenges in the world arounds us in 2022. Both the pandemic and the war....
Christina Sjölund – new Manager Folksam Group external financial communication October 3, 2019 Christina Sjölund has taken up the position as Manager of Folksam Group external financial communication. Christina has extensive experience in financial communication, from the public sector to listed companies and in various industries. The Folksam Group aims to be perceived as an attractive business partner in the financial markets. To build trust, the Folksam Group....
Folksam Group begins recruitment of new CEO August 30, 2019 As confirmed by Swedbank in their own press release, Jens Henriksson has been appointed as the new CEO of Swedbank. As a result, Jens will be leaving his post as CEO and President of the Folksam Group with immediate effect. The recruitment of a successor will commence immediately. “The Folksam Group is well equipped to....
The Folksam Group is increasing the level of sustainability in its SEK 80 billion foreign shares May 9, 2019 From the end of March until mid-April, the Folksam Group’s life insurance company, Folksam Liv, and companies within KPA Pension, have more than halved the number of shares in the foreign share portfolios. The carbon footprint of the investments is thereby deemed to be reduced by 20 per cent. The value of the foreign....
Folksam Group vote against the motion to discharge Swedbank CEO from liability March 28, 2019 The Swedish Economic Crime Authority has made the decision to extend its preliminary investigation concerning Swedbank, in terms of period of time as well as to include yet another suspicion of crime, gross fraud. The Folksam Group will therefore, at Swedbank’s Annual General Meeting, vote against the motion to discharge the bank’s CEO from liability.
The Folksam Group invests a further SEK 750 million in Volvo Cars December 21, 2018 The Folksam Group has acquired further preferred stock in Volvo Cars to a nominal value of SEK 750 million. This acquisition took place in conjunction with Första AP-fonden’s (AP1) sale of their holdings. With this further acquisition, the Folksam Group has now invested a total of SEK 1,750 million in preferred stock issued by Volvo....
Optimisation with the customer in focus – Interim Report January – September 2018 October 24, 2018 Our focus on developing the Folksam Group’s business continues. Not least on how we meet our customers, but also on efficiency improvements. Work with regulations is switched from implementation to optimisation.
Folksam Group invests in infrastructure fund July 3, 2018 Folksam Group will invest EUR 125 million, equivalent to just over SEK 1.2 billion in Macquarie’s infrastructure fund, the Macquarie Super Core Infrastructure Fund (MSCIF).
Folksam Group invests in credit fund June 26, 2018 Folksam Group invests a further SEK 2 billion in the Brunswick Real Estate Capital II credit fund. The fund is a credit fund that lends capital to commercial real estate in Sweden through senior secured loans. – The investment is part of our ambition to generate maximum risk-adjusted returns to our customers. This is an....
The Folksam Group and Aberdeen Standard Investment launch new real estate fund May 3, 2018 The Folksam Group and Aberdeen Standard Investments are launching AIPP Folksam Europe II, a fund in fund that invests in real estate, and which is only open to companies within the Folksam Group. The intention is to invest 300 million Euro in the European real estate market over the next three-four years, starting with an....
