Very few Danish pension funds made up for 2022 losses in 2023

A good risk level, risk diversification, and a large portion of unlisted assets are the reasons the PKA pension funds delivered the best returns for Danish pension funds in 2022 and 2023 combined.

Michael Nellemann Pedersen, CIO at PKA. | Photo: PR / PKA

by THOMAS NYGAARD MADSEN

2022 brought billions in negative returns for the Denmark’s pension funds, and only a few of them managed to win back the losses the following year, according to a survey of pension funds’ investment returns over the two years conducted by AMWatch’s sister media FinansWatch.

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