PFA poised for alternatives assault
Alternatives the focus for Danish fund PFA, under the guidance of Henrik Nohr Poulsen who joins from Industriens Pension.
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Danish pension fund goes beyond home bias
Affluent small European nations such as Denmark easily count among the world’s most outward-looking places, and DKK 95-billion ($16.4-billion) investor Unipension clearly casts its eyes far and wide from its headquarters in suburban Copenhagen. While nearly all investors look for some exposure in the world’s key markets, Unipension has enhanced its international focus by actively
Fewer, bigger funds for UK?
Australia, the US, Canada and Denmark have all done it. Kazakhstan and even Oman are talking about it. Increasingly, public sector pension funds are merging or pooling their assets into fewer bigger schemes. It’s no surprise the debate is gathering momentum in the United Kingdom, ripe for consolidation with a Local Government Pension Fund Scheme
NOW: Pensions crosses borders
In the city of Hillerød outside Copenhagen in Denmark, a small group of Danes want to teach the United Kingdom’s pensions industry a thing or two. Where UK trustees tend to see fund choice as a blessing, Denmark’s DKK579-billion ($101.6-billion) public pension plan ATP has always viewed picking and choosing between different managers as more
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