Poor returns disappoint ATP critics

ATP should have done better in the first half of 2023, say two well-known ATP critics, who point to poor returns on equities, partly due to last year’s Novo Nordisk sell-off.

Jesper Rangvid (left) and Henrik Ramlau-Hansen are both unimpressed with ATP's performance. | Photo: CBS / PR

by DORTHE BACH, METTE MANDRUP

It’s hard to find any jubilant faces over the latest returns from the Danish state pension fund.

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