Gildi Pension Fund
About Gildi

A Powerful Supporter of Fund Members

Gildi is a progressive and dynamic pension fund that emphasises responsible practices and good service. The Fund is the largest in Iceland, with around 250,000 fund members. Gildi operates according to the Act on Pension Funds and according to the fund’s Articles of Association.

Employees

Gildi employs a dynamic group of experts in over 40 full-time positions. Employees honour the Fund’s values in their work, which are Positivity – Honesty – Professionalism.

Board of Directors and Committees

Gildi’s Board of Directors is the senior management of the Fund. The Audit Committee monitors risk management and the effectiveness of controls. Within Gildi, there is also a committee on Board members’ wages.

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The Annual General Meeting has the highest authority in the matters of Gildi, but the Board of Directors handles senior management between meetings. The Managing Director oversees the day-to-day operations, but the activities are divided into several divisions.

Gildi’s History

Gildi Pension Fund was established in 2005 by the merger of Lífeyrissjóður sjómanna and the Framsýn Pension Fund. Get to know the history of the fund here.

Documents and Publishing

Detailed information on Gildi’s position, returns and operations can be found in Gildi’s Annual Report, which is published annually in the lead-up to the Annual General Meeting. The Fund also publishes all documents and presentations from AGMs and fund member meetings. The fund emphasises answering media inquiries quickly and clearly. Finally, on this page you can find a summary of Gildi’s history.

Annual reports Presentations Media Centre Gildi’s History

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Mutual Pension Division

Gildi’s mutual pension division had assets of ISK 908.5 billion at the end of 2021. The net nominal returns was 17.8%, or a net real return of 12.8%.

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Future Vision 1

The net assets of Future Vision 1 amounted to just over ISK 3.3 billion at the end of 2023. The net nominal return of Future Vision 1 in 2023 was 5.7% or a net real return of -2.1%.

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Future Vision 2

The net assets of Future Vision 2 amounted to just over ISK 3.5 billion at the end of 2023. The net nominal return of Future Vision 2 was 5.3% or a net real return of -2.5%.

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Future Vision 3

The net assets of Future Vision 3 amounted to just over ISK 1.9 billion at the end of 2023. The net nominal return of Future Vision 3 was 8.2% or a net real return of 0.2%.

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Policies and Articles of Association

Articles of Association

Gildi’s Articles of Association include, among other things, rules on the role, purpose and activities of the Fund; fund members and their rights and obligations; the appointment and mandate of the Board of Directors; and the Annual General Meeting.

Risk Policy

The goal of risk management is to have a good overview of the risk factors that the Fund faces and to be able to assess their potential impact.

Investment Policy

Gildi’s Investment Policy is made with the aim of investing the funds of the fund taking into account the most favourable terms available at any given time in terms of risk.

Responsible Investments

Gildi’s Responsible Investments Policy is the Fund’s guiding principle as an owner in the companies it invests in, in the field of environmental and social issues.

Shareholder Policy

The Shareholder Policy sets out the general policy and corporate governance of Gildi Pension Fund as an owner in the companies in which it invests.

Remuneration Policy

The Remuneration Policy applies to the employment terms of Board members, the Managing Director, key employees and other employees of the Fund.

Privacy Policy

The Fund’s Privacy Policy prescribes the basis for the processing of personal information by the Fund concerning fund members or parties related to them.

HR Policy

The goal of Gildi’s HR Policy is to ensure that the Fund has qualified employees who work as a unit in a good working environment.

Equal Pay Policy

The Equal Pay Policy sets out Gildi Pension Fund’s focus on equal pay issues, including paying the same wage for work of equal value regardless of gender.

Protocol and Code of Conduct

The Board and staff of Gildi take the Fund’s Code of Conduct into account in all their work.

Board Procedures

These Rules of Procedure are set out to discuss the implementation of the duties of the Board of Directors of Gildi Pension Fund.

Gildi’s Member Associations

Ten trade unions are members of Gildi. All employers with operations in the professions for which the ten unions have entered into collective wage agreements are under obligation to pay the pension premiums of their employees to the Gildi mutual pension division.

In addition to the ten unions, the Confederation of Icelandic Employers is a member of Gildi.

The premiums are paid in the proportions specified in the relevant collective wage agreement. Membership in Gildi, therefore, is mandatory, and making payments into mutual pension divisions of other pension funds is not permitted.

The trade unions that are a member of Gildi are: