Denmark

DENMARK - Danish pension funds are reverting back to the Danish-Kroner denominated bond market as the search for euroland bonds cools.

DENMARK - Aon Denmark has said it does not plan to launch its manager-of-manager product in Denmark due to the conflict of interest that arises when a consulting firm sells an investment product.

DENMARK - The DKK250bn ATP Pension Fund (Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension) has had huge losses for the first half of 2002 due to its high exposure to the international equity market.

DENMARK - The DKr250bn ATP Pension Fund (Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension) has sealed its first foray into emerging market bonds with two new appointments.

DENMARK - Valby-based BankPension has awarded a private equity mandate to Nordea Private Equity.

DENMARK - Danish pension funds and insurance companies (I&P investors) are increasing their bond weightings at the expense of equities, according to new research by investment bank Nykredit Markets, in association with Greens Institute of Markets Research....

DENMARK - ATP has entered into the first of a planned series of property investments throughout Europe by investing EUR50m into the Euro Growth II property fund managed by LaSalle Investment Management.

DENMARK - Denmark's DKr15bn Industriens Pensionsforsikring has started the ball rolling on its private equity portfolio with a new appointment.

DENMARK - Denmark's DKr15bn Industriens Pensionsforsikring is to press ahead with the beefing of its emerging markets portfolio, despite the recent partial pullout from the sector by the $151bn California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)....

DENMARK- Denmark is well on the way to kerbing problems posed by its ageing populous if new figures from the European Commission are anything to go by.