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ATP sees lack of home-grown infrastructure opportunities

DENMARK - Danish pension fund ATP would like to invest in local infrastructure but a lack of ‘political focus' has led to a dearth of appropriate opportunities.

  • Denmark
  • 31 October 2011
ATP returns 4.2% in first three quarters

DENMARK - Danish pension fund ATP returned 4.2%, or DKK15.7bn ($3bn), in the first three quarters of the year, bringing total assets under management to DKK554bn.

  • Denmark
  • 27 October 2011
ATP to offer 'highly competitive' fees

UK/DENMARK - NOW Pensions, the new scheme to be launched by Danish group ATP early next year, has vowed to bring "highly competitive" charges to the UK market.

  • United Kingdom
  • 15 September 2011
Danish fund taps State Street for analytics

DENMARK - Industriens Pensionsforsikring, the Danish administrator for the labour market pension scheme, has hired State Street to provide analytics on its DKK5.5bn ($1bn) private equity portfolio.

  • Denmark
  • 05 September 2011
ATP returns DKK8.1bn in first half of 2011

DENMARK - Danish pension provider ATP recorded a profit of DKK8.1bn ($1.6bn) in the first six months of 2011 driven by high returns in commodities and inflation-related assets.

  • Denmark
  • 25 August 2011
One-third of Nordic investors to increase hedge fund exposures

NORDICS - Nordic investors are continuing to show optimism in hedge funds with nearly a third planning to increase their exposure this year to strategies like global macro, event driven and long/short funds, a new report shows.

  • Sweden
  • 15 August 2011
ATP returns 1.7% in Q1

DENMARK - ATP's investments brought in DKK6.7bn ($1.3bn) , or 1.7%, in the first quarter, with much of the performance driven by rising oil prices and expected rises in inflation.

  • Denmark
  • 28 April 2011
Danish fund may snap up Portugal's bonds as prices slump

DENMARK/PORTUGAL - Denmark's second-biggest pension fund said it may snap up Portuguese bonds if they keep falling after the country became the third euro member to seek a bailout since Greece's fiscal woes triggered the sovereign debt crisis.

  • Denmark
  • 07 April 2011
Danish funds invest DKK6bn in offshore wind farm

DENMARK - Two of Denmark's largest pension funds have acquired 50% ownership of a major offshore wind farm.

  • Denmark
  • 04 April 2011
ATP speaks out against proposed investment limits

DENMARK - Danish pension provider ATP has spoken out against a change to a proposed law which limits its investments in insurance companies.

  • Denmark
  • 15 March 2011
Denmark's biggest pension fund ATP said EFSF bonds are too risky

DENMARK - Denmark's biggest pension fund ATP probably won't invest in top-rated bonds sold by Europe's rescue fund as it deems the securities to be too risky, said Henrik Gade Jepsen, the fund's chief investment officer.

  • Denmark
  • 03 February 2011
ATP to establish alternative to NEST

UK/DENMARK - Former Conservative pensions spokesman Nigel Waterson has joined Danish pension fund ATP to help it launch an alternative to the National Employment Savings Trust.

  • United Kingdom
  • 02 February 2011
Denmark plans pension reform to boost finances

DENMARK - The Danish government has proposed to phase out the nation's early retirement scheme to save DKK18bn ($3.3bn) by 2020.

  • Denmark
  • 28 January 2011
Danish teachers pick SSgA for $271m bond mandate

DENMARK - Lærernes Pension, the pension fund for Danish teachers, has hired State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) to run a $271m US investment-grade bond portfolio with an environmental, social and governance screen.

  • Denmark
  • 20 January 2011
ATP confirms Jepsen for CIO role

DENMARK - ATP has named its deputy CIO Henrik Gade Jepsen as chief investment officer.

  • Denmark
  • 14 January 2011
ATP CIO Larsen leaves fund

DENMARK - ATP investment chief Bjarne Graven Larsen is leaving the Danish pension fund to join FIH Erhvervsbank as chief executive officer.

  • Denmark
  • 22 December 2010
ATP allocates DKK23bn to protect against longevity

DENMARK - The ATP Supervisory Board has allocated DKK23bn ($4.1bn) to help safeguard the fund against rising Danish life expectancy.

  • Denmark
  • 15 December 2010
Denmark to get new mortality benchmark

The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority plans to release mortality benchmarks which will be used to help calculate pension liabilities.

  • Denmark
  • 08 December 2010
Sampension reworks equity portfolio

DENMARK - Sampension has set in motion a restructure of its €2bn ($2.6bn) equities portfolio by incorporating a core/satellite approach and plans to search for absolute return strategies for the first time.

  • Denmark
  • 07 December 2010
ATP launches new €1bn private equity fund

DENMARK - The private equity arm of pension fund ATP has launched a new €1bn ($1.3bn) fund backed fully by the pension scheme.

  • Private Equity
  • 06 December 2010
ATP sets up second venture fund

DENMARK - Danish pension fund ATP has set up a venture fund to target domestic and Nordic IT and telecommunications companies.

  • Denmark
  • 26 November 2010
Danish pensions to get new mortality benchmark

DENMARK - The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority plans to release mortality benchmarks in the coming days which will be used to help calculate pension liabilities.

  • Denmark
  • 25 November 2010
Dutch pension funds given OK to postpone premium increase

NETHERLANDS - Pension funds failing to meet coverage ratio requirements will be able to postpone the proposed premium increase until 2012, the Dutch central bank said.

  • Denmark
  • 02 November 2010
ATP investment returns bring in DKK17.4bn

DENMARK - Danish pension provider ATP recorded a DKK17.4bn ($3.2bn) profit in the nine months to September.

  • Denmark
  • 28 October 2010
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