Denmark

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How Denmark’s Industriens is exploring AI to overhaul risk analysis

Industriens, the DKK 217 billion ($30.6 billion) Danish pension fund, is using advanced technology and exploring AI models to bring sweeping advantages to its risk management processes. Julia Sommer Legaard, investment risk and data manager at the fund for the last year, explains the process behind the innovation.

Sarah RundellJanuary 8, 2024

Asset Classes

Going direct puts wind in PFA’s sails

The $77 billion Denmark pension fund PFA has turned to direct investment for its alternatives, taking stakes with varying levels of risk in areas such as telecommunications and wind farms.

Peter Tind LarsenOctober 18, 2018

Asset Allocation

Denmark’s PKA goes for wind farms

The top-five Danish pension fund, PKA, has made a bigger push into alternatives than its peers, and a good chunk of that allocation comes from direct investment in offshore and onshore wind farms.

Sarah RundellApril 9, 2018

Uncategorised posts

Call for higher pension ages

The ratio of working years to retirement years should be at least 2 to 1 and raising the pension age is a universal fix for strained systems, the author of Mercer’s Global Pension Index says.

Amanda WhiteOctober 24, 2017

Asset Allocation

Fund braces for geopolitical risk

SEB has restructured its risk factor portfolio and raised the allocation to senior secure loans within its large alternatives portfolio. The changes address rising global uncertainty.

Sarah RundellJuly 7, 2017