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Erik Bennike, head of equities and credit at PensionDanmark, talks about the benefits of a combined internal/external management approach and the importance of starting out small when bringing assets under internal management.
One of the most significant longer-term trends among Nordic pension funds is the gradual increase in internally-managed assets. At many of the region’s largest pension funds, there is now very little, if anything, of the listed exposure left under external management. The question around internal or external management is, of course, not necessarily a matter of either/or. PensionDanmark, the DKK 365.5 billion (EUR 49 billion) Danish pension fund, has opted for a mix of internal and external management for its listed equity and credit exposures. Erik Bennike, PensionDanmark’s head of equities and credit, says it sometimes makes sense to insource and
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