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Sampension

Sampension is Denmark’s third largest pension manager. Sampension is a customer-owned community with around 300,000 customers. Sampension’s team includes approximately 300 employees and offer both labour market and company pensions.

Country

Denmark

AUM

$45

Performance (%, 1YR)

6.10

Chief Executive

Hasse Jørgensen

Chief Investment Officer

Henrik Olejasz Larsen

Asset allocation

25.7% Shares

30.4% Bonds etc. including interest rate hedging

11.9% Bonds etc. with credit risks

32% Other assets

Website
View the annual report
Global Pension Transparency Benchmark country system description

Asset allocation as of December 31, 2024. All information is as per the most recent annual report or other publicly available data via the fund's website

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