IPE's Denmark Coverage – Page 60
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Industriens Pension active investments return 22.4% in 2009
DENMARK - Industriens Pension, the pension fund for the industrial sector in Denmark, returned 22.4% in 2009, before taxes. The positive return is a result of a large equity and corporate bond allocation.
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PensionDanmark posts record returns for 2009
DENMARK – PensionDanmark’s full-year performance figures for 2009 showed the firm generated record returns of DKK10.5bn – a slight increase on the DKK10.4bn first published in preliminary numbers in February.
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Danish pensions received record contributions in 2009
DENMARK - Danes paid a record DKK116bn (€15.58bn) in pension contributions in 2009 despite the financial crises, according to latest numbers from the insurance association, Forsikring & Pension. However, officials warn contributions will fall in 2010.
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Strong gains allow Industriens to pay 6%
[16:00 CET 11-12] DENMARK - Industriens Pension is boosting the account dividend it pays scheme members to 6% next year, as a result of the high returns it made on shares and corporate bonds this year.
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PFA increases market share as it posts 5.1% return
[16:30 CET 20-11] DENMARK - PFA Pension saw its market share increase in the first nine months of the year despite reporting a fall in gross premium income.
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PensionDanmark’s growth kept afloat by pension transfers
[13:00 CET 12-11] DENMARK - Despite dwindling employment levels in Denmark, PensionDanmark’s premium income rose 2% year-on-year in the first nine months of the 2009, thanks to a hefty increase in pension transfers moving to the firm.
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Danica's traditional scheme returns 5.8%
17:15 CET 04-11] DENMARK – Danica Pension has reported a "satisfactory" return of 5.8% on its traditional pension plan in the first three quarters of the year.
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NewsATP rebounds with 6.6% return in nine months
[13:00 CEST 30-10] DENMARK – ATP Group has almost recouped the losses it sustained in 2008 and reported an overall investment return of 6.6%, or DKK22.2bn (€2.98bn), in the first nine months of 2009.
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FSP lifted by high returns in Q3
[17:00 CEST 09-10] DENMARK - Holdings in emerging markets and corporate bonds boosted investment returns for the market-linked pensions of Denmark’s Finanssektorens Pensionskasse (FSP), the fund said, reporting strong third quarter performance figures.
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NewsDanica calls for full disclosure of pension costs
[16:53 CEST 07-10] DENMARK - The managing director of Denmark’s Danica Pension promised full disclosure of the company’s pension costs and said legislation may be called for if others do not follow suit.
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NewsDanish women to retire early
[16:02 CEST 07-10] DENMARK - Women in Denmark are much more likely to retire early than men, according to a study carried out for pensions provider PFA Pension.
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Danish insurer-led pensions are cheaper - F&P
[14:45 CEST 02-10] DENMARK - The running costs of Denmark’s mandatory labour market pension schemes have fallen by around 12% since 2002, but company schemes remain far more expensive and have hardly reduced costs at all, according to new industry figures.
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Recovery allows Danica to improve pension terms
[16:10 CEST 30-09] DENMARK - Danica Pension, part of Denmark’s Danske Bank, has raised the account yield on its traditional pension plan and lifted the transfer penalty it introduced last autumn to deal with underfunding.
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Industriens gains lift from equity exposure
[16:00 CEST 29-09] DENMARK - Industriens Pension, the Danish pension fund, generated an investment return of 16% in the first eight months of this year, with the growth largely won on the back of its increasing exposure to equities.
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Danes predict state pensions to fade like the dodo
[15:30 CEST 28-09] DENMARK - Confidence in the Danish basic state pension has faded because of perceived pressure on the public purse, as a new poll suggests 50% of younger working women believe the state pension will not exist when they retire.
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Danish pensions buoyed by investment returns
[17:20 CEST 02-09] DENMARK - Improved investment results have boosted returns at several of Denmark’s pension funds in the first half of the year, but weak workforce mobility and job losses have hit contribution and transfer income for some funds.
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Oil returns drive ATP's DKK3.3bn profit
[17:20 CEST 26-08] DENMARK – ATP Group has reported a first-half profit of DKK3.3bn (€443m) as its investment portfolio achieved a market return of 3%, or DKK11bn gross, thanks to positive returns in four of its five investment risk classes.
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PensionDanmark returns 0.2% in Q1
[17:05 CEST 27-05] DENMARK – PensionDanmark has reported a positive net return of 0.2% in the first quarter of 2009, as the value of its premiums increased to DKK2.6bn (€349.3m).
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1 in 4 Danes to work past retirement
[17:30 CEST 13-05] DENMARK – Almost 50% of Danish workers intend to take early retirement before the age of 65, while just over a quarter plan to continue working past the normal retirement age, according to Forsikring & Pension, the Danish Insurance Association (DIA).
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Bankpension posts net loss of 19.7%
[17:25 CEST 08-05] DENMARK – Bankpension, the pension fund for employees in the Danish financial sector, has reported an “extremely unsatisfactory” result of -23.1% before tax in 2008.
