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Retirement funds face huge losses after being exposed to high-risk green projects<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eighty kilometres from the Arctic Circle, Europe\u2019s decarbonisation dream is falling apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Icy towns in Sweden\u2019s far north have found themselves at the centre of a \u201cgreen rush\u201d fuelled by promises of a new industrial frontier grounded in the clean energy revolution. The Telegraph<\/a> has the story.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Swedish government has channeled\u00a0billions in pension fund savings<\/a>\u00a0into start-ups in the region \u2013 including the first steel mill to be built on the continent for half a century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But after years of grandiose rhetoric, those promises appear to be disintegrating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two of the country\u2019s flagship green manufacturers have run into serious financial difficulties, sparking a row over potentially eye-watering pension fund losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The challenges in Sweden serve as a stark warning to Rachel Reeves, the UK\u2019s Chancellor, who is considering forcing large pension funds to invest in national assets in a bid to boost Britain\u2019s struggling economy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industry leaders have warned that the move would put the Government\u2019s objectives of the day<\/a> ahead of the retirement prospects of millions of savers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funds exposed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sweden helped pioneer the strategy of mobilising deep capital markets and pension funds to help finance government development goals. Unlike in Britain, a portion of Swedish workers\u2019 state pension contributions are invested in government-controlled funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the run up to the Paris Agreement, Stefan L\u00f6fven \u2013 the former Social Democrat prime minister who led a coalition government with the Greens \u2013 promised a \u201cnew green industrial revolution\u201d that would be \u201cas transformative as the one 250 years ago\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full story here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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