Denmark

DENMARK - KTAS Pension Fund, one of the pension funds for TDC, Denmark's largest telecommunications company, is considering investing 3 - 5 % in investment grade bonds.

DENMARK- Valby-based BankPension, the Danish fund for the financial industry, has appointed the London-based MezzVest to a E6m private equity mandate. Head of investments Leif Hasager said the fund had allocated 10% to private equity and the mandate to...

DENMARK - Laegernes Pensionskasse , the pension fund for teachers in Denmark, is expected to tender for managers for private equity this year.

DENMARK - The private equity arm of the DKr250bn ATP Pension Fund (Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension) has allocated e270m towards private equity investments in global funds in Continental Europe, the UK and US.

DENMARK - MTS Associated Markets has launched into the Danish government bond market, currently worth an estimated DKK650bn (e87bn).

DENMARK - The Scandinavian Fund Company (Investeringsforeningen Lån og Spar Rationel Invest) has awarded Baring Asset Management (BAM) three new segregated equity mandates.

DENMARK - Nordea Bank has taken another step to reduce its real estate exposure by selling most of its remaining properties in Denmark to a consortium of investors.

DENMARK - Massive Danish pension fund ATP has published the annual accounts for 2002 for its Danish property investments.

UK/DENMARK - Four major pension funds have made investments in Henderson Global Investors' UK retail warehouse fund.

DENMARK/CANADA - Lehman Brothers is launching a new Danish Mortgage Index at the beginning of December in a bid to recreate its US-led success across European markets.