23/02/2023at 10:52

Weapons investments divide Danish pension sector

Pension firms PensionDanmark and Industriens Pension have no trouble investing in parts of the arms industry that others in the sector avoid.

Lockheed Martin manufactures the F-35 jet of which Denmark has bought 27. | Photo: Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix

BY DORTHE BACH, TRANSLATED BY KATRINE GØTHLER

Should Danish pension billions to be invested in Israeli weaponry manufacturer Elbit Systems or US-based Lockheed Martin?

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