Inflation Puzzle Has $42 Billion Fund Weighing Rate Options

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The $42 billion Swedish pension fund AP1 may veer from its usual investment strategies and buy options as diverging outlooks for inflation look set to create a new opportunity for returns, its chief executive officer said.

AP1 doesnā€™t typically invest in interest rate and foreign currency options ā€œvery intensively,ā€ but circumstances are different now, Kristin Magnusson Bernard said in a phone interview.