Denmark

DENMARK - Danish pension manager LD has put up to €6bn (US$8.2bn) in assets up for bid for 12 bond and equity mandates.

DENMARK - Pension manager ATP posted overall investment returns of 8.5% for 2009, but officials remain unsure about whether or not they can increase pension payments next year.

DENMARK - Danish pension fund ATP is set to select an information technology provider for its internal IT management and back office works at the end of February, the fund's CIO Per Rasmussen has confirmed.

GLOBAL - The World Bank has raised US$130m from institutional investors, including some of the world's largest pension funds, through its green bond issuance.

DENMARK - The government's measures to prevent pension funds from offloading mortgage bonds has helped strengthen the Danish economy, the OECD said.

DENMARK - Danish pension fund ATP has recouped most of its 2008 losses, but is freezing pensions at their 2009 levels next year.

DENMARK - Pension manager ATP Group said it made a DKK4.3bn (US$825m) contribution in the first half of the year to cover the cost of increased life expectancy among Danes, three and a half times last year's provision.

DENMARK - The ATP Group posted a loss of DKK2.4bn (US$425.8m) for the first quarter of 2009 mainly due to losses on the Special Pension Savings Scheme (SP).

DENMARK - Danes could withdraw DKK25bn (US$4.4bn) from their pension savings if a government proposal to release part of the savings managed by ATP is approved in May, the fund has said.

DENMARK - ATP plans to invest up to DKK3bn (US$547m) in forestry through its new subsidiary ATP Timberland Invest K/S.