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Pension CIOs defend green products despite lower short-term returns

Danes with green pension savings missed out on thousands of kroner in returns last year alone, new figures show.
Kasper A. Lorenzen, chief investment officer at PFA Pension, scored a billion-dollar gain on a British offshore wind farm last year, yet the return on green investments has lagged in 2023 compared to the return for customers in the regular pension product. | Photo: Pr/pfa
Kasper A. Lorenzen, chief investment officer at PFA Pension, scored a billion-dollar gain on a British offshore wind farm last year, yet the return on green investments has lagged in 2023 compared to the return for customers in the regular pension product. | Photo: Pr/pfa
Finans
by Claus Iversen & Jakob Martini

Green products are lagging far behind regular pension funds in terms of returns generated for customers, a new report shows. The analysis includes returns from the five largest commercial pension companies in Denmark over the past three years. 

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