News
Read the press releases from PensionDanmark.
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12 December 2014
Financing for Africa’s biggest wind farm in place
Lake Turkana, the biggest African windfarm, is now being constructed with direct investments from the Danish Climate Investment Fund.
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10 December 2014
Investors will investigate OW Bunker case
A group of institutional investors - including PensionDanmark - has initiated an investigation of OW Bunker. The purpose of the investigation is to understand the events leading up to the bankruptcy and to obtain information that can be used to determine whether there are grounds for asserting legal liability.
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21 November 2014
PensionDanmark named Best European Pension Fund again
Thursday evening PensionDanmark was named pension fund of the year in Europe for the second time in three years. PensionDanmark won the same award in 2012.
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30 June 2014
PensionDanmark sells 700 apartments to Nordic property fund manager NREP
PensionDanmark has today sold its entire residential property portfolio to a property fund managed by Nordic Real Estate Partners (NREP). The portfolio includes 700 apartments in the Copenhagen region, Vejle and Aarhus.
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15 May 2014
PensionDanmark’s investment strategy attracts international interest
PensionDanmark was presented with an award for its investments in real estate and infrastructure on Thursday, at a ceremony in Munich.
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2 April 2014
PensionDanmark wins two new awards for green investments
International journal Environmental Finance has awarded PensionDanmark two of its annual awards for investment within climate, energy and the environment. PensionDanmark's CEO receives the award for "Environmental Finance Personality of 2013", and investment in the biofuel power station at Brigg in the UK won the award as the investment of the year in bioenergy.
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13 March 2014
Important victory for PensionDenmark at the European Court of Justice
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered its judgment today in the ATP case as to whether a pension fund constitutes an investment fund and thereby qualifies for VAT exemption.
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27 February 2014
PensionDanmark: Equities, infrastructure and real estate ensures return on investment of DKK 9.1 billion in 2013
In 2013 PensionDanmark achieved a return of 7.1% on its investment portfolio. Investments in global equities returned more than 20%, but also investments in wind farms and real estate contributed significantly on the positive side. In the last five years, a typical member has received an accumulated return of more than 60% on his savings.
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13 January 2014
PensionDanmark investing DKK 200m in new climate investment fund
PensionDanmark is investing DKK 200m in the Danish Climate Investment Fund, which was established at the initiative of the Danish Investment Fund For Developing Countries (IFU). The Fund will be investing in climate-related projects in developing countries. All of the projects will make extensive use of Danish technology and know-how.