Denmark

DENMARK - The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has called on Denmark to abolish early retirement.

DENMARK -The Danish government, the Liberal Conservative coalition, looks set to raise the retirement age above 65.

DENMARK - Industriens Pension, the e4.5bn Danish pension fund for blue collar workers, is looking to build up its property portfolio through investments in real estate funds in the Nordics and Europe.

DENMARK - Danish pension funds PKA and PBU are investing $76m in private equities in Tanzania and Vietnam in a joint initiative with the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to secure sustainable and socially responsible investments in developing countries....

DENMARK - Schroders is to roll out a strategic credit fund at the end of October which blends active corporate bond management with concentrated "best ideas" credit strategies.

DENMARK - The DKR105bn PKA is to introduce a zero guarantee scheme for all new business from 1 January next year.

DENMARK - The DKR105bn Pensionskassernes Administration A/S (PKA), Denmark's third largest pension fund, is on the cusp of making first-time allocations to commodities and infrastructure.

DENMARK - Tighter solvency restrictions and the equity market crash in 2000 have seen many Danish pension funds' post poor investment returns over the last 10 years.

DENMARK - The Danish pension fund, AP Pension, has appointed Raiffeisen Capital Management for an eastern European equities mandate.

DENMARK - New proposals by ATP, Denmark's first pillar scheme, to cover an estimated one million employees or the 20% not covered under labour market pension schemes in the second pillar, have sparked a row in Denmark.