Denmark

DENMARK - The DKK355bn (US$61.3bn) ATP pension fund has invested US$400m in renewable energy technology.

DENMARK - The DKK39bn (£4.5bn) Industriens Pension, the DKK1.8bn (GBP191m) Pensionskassen for Håndværk og Industri (PHI Pension) and the DKK4.7bn (GBP499m) Pensionskassen for Nærings- og Nydelsesmiddelområdet (PNN Pension) have agreed to merge with an...

DENMARK - The DKK355bn (US$61.3bn) ATP pension fund lost DKK17.8bn over 2008, due mainly to declining equity values, the fund has said.

DENMARK - The DKK24bn (US$4.14bn) Danish Pension Fund for Engineers (DIP) has sold its DKK487.5m commercial property portfolio to Aberdeen Property Investors (API).

Keren Holland talks to Bjarne Graven Larsen, chief investment officer at ATP about the steps being taken to mitigate risk in its pension scheme

Keren Holland discusses how the Danish pension system is dealing with the current crisis and is planning for the future

DENMARK - Danish giant pension fund ATP has agreed with Local Government Denmark (LGDK) to acquire all its shares in KMD, in a co-investment deal of DKK2bn (US$340m) on a debt-free basis with private equity fund EQT.

DENMARK - The Danish central bank is opening a 30-year government bond to facilitate the Danish pension sector's hedging of liabilities.

The Danish pensions industry has retained its crown as the best pension system in Europe. Andrew Sheen examines how this was achieved

DENMARK - Danish pension fund giant ATP has confirmed its commitment to raise all current and future pensions by 2%, despite reporting a 1.4% loss on its investment return for the first nine months of 2008.