Alecta Cuts Value of Landlord Heimstaden Bostad Stake by 19%

  • Investment is biggest one for the Swedish pension fund
  • Talks on ownership agreement over Heimstaden Bostad ongoing

The Alecta headquarters in Stockholm.

Photographer: Erika Gerdemark/Bloomberg
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Alecta took a 19% writedown in the value of its biggest investment, a stake in indebted landlord Heimstaden Bostad AB.

Sweden’s largest pension fund marked down the value of its ownership in the residential company by 8.7 billion kronor ($840 million) in the fourth quarter, according to a statement on Wednesday. In the full year, the value came down by a quarter.