AP Pension, Lægernes Pension, MP Pension, PenSam, Pædagogernes Pension, P+ and Velliv have joined the joint tax code of conduct laid down by ATP, Industriens Pension, PensionDanmark and PFA for purposes of promoting responsible tax behaviour in connection with unlisted investments through external asset managers. Together, the 11 companies have assets under management in excess of DKK 2,500 billion.
Applauding the support of their peers, the four originators of the Tax Code of Conduct, Bo Foged, CEO of ATP, Laila Mortensen, CEO of Industriens Pension, Torben Möger Pedersen, CEO of PensionDanmark, and Allan Polack, Group CEO of PFA, say:
”By joining forces, we naturally increase our influence. We expect our collaboration on responsible tax practices to strengthen our dialogue with external managers and thereby contribute to avoiding aggressive tax planning and at the same time promote fiscal transparency in investments. It is our hope that our common principles will evolve into an actual industry standard.”
The heads of the seven companies joining the joint Tax Code of Conduct, Bo Normann Rasmussen, CEO of AP Pension, Chresten Dengsøe, CEO of Lægernes Pension, Jens Munch Holst, CEO of MP Pension, Torsten Fels, CEO of PenSam, Sune Schackenfeldt, CEO of Pædagogernes Pension, Søren Kolbye Sørensen, CEO of P+, Pensionskassen for Akademikere, and Steen Michael Erichsen, CEO of Velliv, say:
”By highlighting a fair distribution of values and supporting the intentions underlying the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we can thereby control tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning. We endorse the principles in the hope that the broad support will send a strong signal to the world around us and provide us with more influence in terms of combating aggressive tax planning.”
”The mutually agreed tax code for unlisted investments is an important step in this process and ensures a coordinated approach to communicating our requirements and expectations to external managers and thereby promoting responsible tax practices. Together, we are in a much stronger position to promote the responsible tax agenda.”
The core elements of the tax code are:
• The pension companies will not tolerate aggressive tax planning.
• The pension companies reserve the right to request additional reporting and per-form spot checks to verify that the external manager does not engage in aggres-sive tax planning.
• The external manager must monitor and manage relevant tax risks in a responsi-ble manner.
• The pension companies support increased fiscal transparency.
• The pension companies encourage external managers to adopt tax policies.
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Additional information
Maria Lindeberg, Senior Press Advisor, ATP, tel: +45 2499 8455
Laurits Harmer Lassen, Chief Press Officer, Industriens Pension, tel: +45 2939 6676
Ulrikke Ekelund, Head of Communication and Media, PensionDanmark, tel: +45 2019 9238
Rune Lindberg, Senior Press Officer, PFA, tel: +45 4032 2901
Nicolai Nielsen, Chief Press Officer, AP Pension, tel: +45 4083 9973
Sofie Randrup, Head of Communications, Lægernes Pension, tel: +45 3347 8167
Anne Møgelvang, Head of Communications, P+, tel: +45 3818 8737
Sune Schackenfeldt, CEO, Pædagogernes Pension, tel: +45 2635 3000
Mikael Bek, Head of ESG, PenSam, tel: +45 2993 1097
Christian Gundtoft, Chief Press Officer, MP Pension, tel: +45 3915 0140
Mikkel Bro Petersen, Chief Press Officer, Velliv, tel: +45 2483 8630
