Press releases

  • Press release

    Cautious stabilisation in first half of 2023

    The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund’s (AP4’s) return for the first half of 2023 was 6.0% after costs. AP4’s fund capital as per 30 June 2023 amounted to SEK 485.6 billion, compared with SEK 460.5 billion at the start of the year. The result for the first half of the year was SEK 27.7 billion. During the same period, a net total of SEK 2.6 billion was paid by AP4 to the pension system.

  • Press release

    A dramatic year with major financial turbulence

    2022 was characterised by financial turbulence with rapidly rising interest rates and sharply falling values for most asset classes. The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund’s (AP4’s) return for the full year 2022 was SEK -11.9% after costs, and the net result for the year was SEK -62.5 billion. After a net transfer of SEK 4.7 billion to the pension system during the year, fund capital amounted to SEK 460.5 billion at year-end 2022. The portfolio’s CO2 emissions decreased by 3% in 2022, and the CO2 emissions have decreased by 61% since 2010. AP4 takes its responsibility as an owner and served on 46 nomination committees during 2022.