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News in short January 13 – January 17 2020

Danica Pension increases green focus, BlackRock ramps up its sustainable investment efforts and other topical events from the Nordics and beyond.

FBNW Staff 2020-01-17

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<strong>Danica Pension increases green focus

Danish pension fund Danica Pension will be increasing its green investment focus in 2020. The pension company is looking to invest in companies that aid the green transition across its equity, bond, infrastructure and real estate investments. The CEO of Danica Pension, Ole Krogh Petersen, said the pension company sees “exciting investment opportunities within the green transition”. Danica Pension has pledged to invest DKK 100 billion (EUR 13.4 billion) in the green transition by 2030.   BlackRock ramps up its sustainable investment efforts After large scale criticism about the asset manager’s ability to tackle climate change, BlackRock’s CEO Larry Fink
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